Barges & Bread by Di Murrell
UK Winner of the 2018 'Culinary History' Category of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards Di Murrell knows the waterways of Britain back to front, and she has first hand experience of how grain was moved by barge to the mills along the banks of the Thames. The author and husband Tam Murrell spent many years afloat on barges, bringing up their sons.They worked a pair of canal boats, loading up with barrels of lime pulp which they transported from the London docks to the wharf in Hemel Hempstead belonging to Rose & Sons, for Rose's Lime Cordial. They made many trips with heavy loads like sand, grain, coal or lime, and Di learnt the value of slow cooking. For several years, they carried grain from Tilbury Docks on the river Thames to Coxes mill on the river Wey. The book is a history of watermen, lightermen and dockers, and a recipe book for bread. From parched grain and flatbreads to Ezekiel bread, and the bread we eat today, this is a book for the boating enthusiast, and the home baker.
Di & Tam Murrell spent many years afloat on barges, bringing up their two sons. They worked a pair of canal boats, loading up with barrels of lime pulp which they transported from the Liverpool docks to the wharf in Hemel Hempstead belonging to Rose & Sons, for Rose's Lime Cordial. They made many trips with heavy loads like sand, grain, coal or lime, and Di learnt the value of slow cooking. For several years they carried grain from Tilbury Docks on the river Thames to Cox's mill on the river Wey. Now they live in both France and London, although they have just sold their motor barge and find the views from the windows of their houses is nothing like that from the deck of a boat. Di is a travel writer for French magazines published for the English speaking expatriate market, and is well known in both food historian and boating circles.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781909248519 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909248517 |
| Title | Barges & Bread |
| Author | Di Murrell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Prospect Books |
| Year published | 2017-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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