10 April 2023
This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.
We hope you’re having a nice Easter! This week we have a look at a new vegan cookie that’s emerged from the Loaf kitchen…
Scroll down for this week’s lunch menu, cookery school spaces and community news.
🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐
We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.
Our bakery opening hours are:
Tue - Fri: 12 - 6
Saturday: 8 - 1
Please note we will be closed on Tuesday 18 April.
The Breadcrumbs
🥖 We are closed next Tuesday, 18 April. This is due to an all-day all-staff meeting happening on the Monday, pushing back our bakery prep by a day. Tarka daal fans please adjust your diaries to Wednesday.
🥖 Cookery school classes for June will be released over the next week. Sign up to be the first to hear.
🥖 The Real Bread Campaign is focusing on making bread with kids, and is looking for teachers, school cooks and people making Real Bread in community settings to get involved in its new campaign.
🥖 Chloe at Verbena is using her newsletter to talk about seasonal ingredients and foraging locally, and is inviting questions.
🥖 Artefact’s events for April are up. An eclectic list, as always.
🥖 Anjuna Lounge is hosting Death over Drinks — Legal as part of the A Matter of Life and Death Festival on 4 May.
If you’ve got news or an event in Loaf’s wheelhouse (some variation on bread / community / cooperatives), let us know at newsletter@loaf.coop
One more week of hot cross buns
In theory we should have stopped making hot cross buns but the schools are still off so it’s technically still Easter so why the heck not keep them on for another week?
And as some of you might have noticed last week, the hot cross bun puddings are starting to appear. On the days where we didn’t sell out last month (yes, really!) the leftovers were popped in the freezer and we’ve collected enough to start baking them into our spin on bread pudding. If you’ve enjoyed our chocolate croissant puddings in the past, you’ll know how good these are.
A new vegan cookie appears
We are slowly increasing our range of vegan sweets and cakes, and this month are pleased to announce the arrival of a new contender. Please welcome the peanut butter dark chocolate cookie!
At Loaf we believe vegan cakes shouldn’t be a lesser choice. We work hard to ensure they’re as good, if not better, than those made with dairy. Our goal is to have a vegan option on the sweets board each day so make sure you ask next time you’re in.
Lunches this week
Tuesday
- Curry: Tarka daal with sourdough (Ve)
Wednesday
- Soup: Roasted fennel, pea and lemon soup with sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
- Soup: Spring green soup (Ve)
Friday
- Curry: Butterbean, kale and butternut squash curry with sourdough (Ve)
- Salt beef on challah
Tue — Fri
- Sourdough pizza: Potato, mushroom, wild garlic pesto, mozzarella (V)
Wed — Fri
- Ham and cheese croissant
- Pine nut pesto and cheese croissant (V)
Tue — Sat:
- Sausage rolls
- Vegetable rolls (V)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays for 12 noon.
Our menu for the week — with ingredients and allergens — is on the website.
Cookery school classes
The following classes have spaces as of this newsletter being posted.
June dates will be released over the next week.
Loaf’s all-day classes:
- Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: Sat 20 May
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s evening classes:
- Ramen: Thu 4 May
The next tranche of dates will be released shortly. You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Thanks for all your continued support. See you next week!
Team Loaf: Rach, Dave, Martha, Molly, Pete, Dorit, Nancy, Ian, Neil & Sarah
Website: loaf.coop
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