Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Aug 10th, 2011
Hello and welcome to the gingerbread girl’s website and blog. It’s been a long time since I have added content because 18 months ago I set up a new business! It is a social enterprise called Virtuous Bread (www.virtuousbread.com) and it is dedicated to making it fun and easy for people all over the world [...]
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed, The Great Sour Dough Share Save Scheme on Sep 19th, 2010
Max was kind enough to send photos and this note:
Just letting you know the sourdough is on its way to Phil, so hopefully it will be getting to him some time this week. I finally got a chance to bake with it today, and it’s come out pretty well I think. It was really easy [...]
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Jul 6th, 2010
There is an old saying: “Guests are like fish. They go off after three days.” Whilst that may be true in general, there are some guests who are such good guests that you can imagine moving them in and shipping your family out. Similarly, there are some guests who go off after only a few hours.
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Jun 23rd, 2010
I always wonder why cream cheese icing in the UK is so different (worse) than cream cheese icing at home in the lovely country of Canada. I finally figured out that the cream cheese is different. I don’t know if you can still get the solid blocks of philadelphia cream cheese at home but that [...]
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on May 5th, 2010
Jane Mason, the Gingerbread Girl, opines about toast and announces fruit toast for sale on 22 May outside of Books for Cooks.
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on May 5th, 2010
Jane Mason, the Gingerbread Girl, writes about her experiences selling her organic, sour dough, rye and spelt bread.
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Apr 19th, 2010
I have been weeping with laugher on and off all day.
This morning I looked at my blog dashboard which lets me know how many hits the site gets, where people go, and what words they search in order to find the site. Among things like “baking” or “bread” or”sourdough”, someone typed “fart cake girl”.
**recovering from [...]
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Apr 19th, 2010
St George’s day feast
Snap me off at the stem end
where I emerge firm and ruddy
soft tip running to
muscular hinge as I leave the earth.
Envelop me in warmth and moisture.
Roll me in your mouth:
nibble, chew, and bite
from your fingers -
finish by wiping my remains
from your chin.
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Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Apr 16th, 2010
Jane Mason, Gingerbread girl, publishes a poem about archetypes.
Posted in Adventures in thought, word, and deed on Feb 26th, 2010
“The Empty Nest”
A new poem to read: click on the Poetry tab at the top of the page.
