13 March 2023
This is the weekly (ish) newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.
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 opening hours are:
Tue - Fri: 12 - 6
Saturday: 8 - 1
May class dates released
We’ve released a swathe of classes in May pretty much across our range. Of note is the return of Handmade Pasta on Wednesday 24 May and Tom Baker’s Wholegrain Baking on Saturday 20 May.
Scroll down for the full calendar of scheduled classes.
If you missed them, here’s our interview with Tom about this new class and a preview of Handmade Pasta on our blog.
Tom chatting with the Wholegrain Baking class during lunch
The Breadcrumbs
🥖 Unfortunately we won’t be at Stirchley Community Market this Saturday. Due to demand outstripping available space they’ve decided, quite rightly, to give as many local makers and traders a chance to have a stall so we’re waiting our turn. Check out the spring lineup here and make sure you pop along, after picking up your bread from us of course!
🥖 York Road Supplies, the legendary hardware store in Kings Heath, is turning into a community-run co-operative on the retirement of it’s legendary owner Jon. If you’re interested in helping guide it’s future you can become a member and they’ll be issuing community shares soon. More info here.
🥖 Slightly closer to home, the Dads Lane Community Association have nearly finished renovating the building on the corner of Pineapple and Cambridge Roads, which those living nearby will know as the polling station. It’s been a massive effort from volunteers across the community and it’ll be awesome to see what they’ve achieved.
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
Lunches this week
Tuesday
- Curry: Tarka daal with sourdough (Ve)
Wednesday
- Soup: Leek and potato with sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
- Soup: Roast tomato and red lentil with cheese and herb focaccia (V)
Friday
- Curry: Aubergine, green pepper and potato with sourdough (Ve)
- Salt beef on challah
Tue — Fri
- Sourdough pizza: Portobello mushroom, artichoke, sun-dried tomato, chilli and 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.
Loaf’s all-day classes:
- Bread — Back to Basics: Tue 18 Apr, Sat 6 May, Tue 30 May
- Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 13 May
- Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: Sat 20 May
Loaf’s evening classes:
- Handmade Pasta: Wed 24 May
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s evening classes:
- Thai Cooking: Wed 29 Mar
- Sushi: Wed 5 Apr
- Ramen: Thu 4 May
- Dumplings: Tue 4 Apr, Tue 2 May
- Knife Skills: Thu 25 May
The next tranche of dates will be released soon. You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Thanks for all your continued support. See you next week!
Team Loaf: Molly, Martha, Nancy, Dorit, Ian, Rach, Dave, Neil, Sarah & Pete
Website: loaf.coop
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