18 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.
This week we're releasing the final tranche of cookery school dates for this side of the summer. If you're looking to do a class in June or July, scroll down.
We're also launching our new Canine Parking Zone. Exciting!
Scroll down for this weekâs lunch menu, cookery school spaces and community news.
đ Pre-order your bread and pastries đ„
Weâll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.
This week our bakery opening hours are:
Wed - Fri: 12 - 6
Saturday: 8 - 1
Back to normal Tuesdays next week.
Cookery School dates for June and July
The final tranche of cookery school dates for this half of the year are now live and ready to book. This is it now before the summer break â classes will start up again from September, including the seafood and sausage masterclasses, which only run in the colder months.
You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Loafâs all-day classes:
- Bread â Back to Basics: Sat 3 June, Tue 13 June, Sat 1 July, Tue 18 July, Sat 29 July
- Simply Sourdough: Sat 17 June, Sat 22 July
- Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 10 June, Sat 15 July, Tue 25 July
- Heritage Grains: Sat 8 July
- Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: Sat 20 May
Loafâs evening classes:
- Handmade Pasta: Thu 15 June, Thu 20 July
Haseenâs evening classes:
Lapâs evening classes:
- Thai Cooking: Tue 27 June
- Sushi: Wed 7 June
- Ramen: Thu 4 May, Thu 8 June
- Dumplings: Tue 6 June, Tue 11 July
- Macarons: Tue 4 July
Dog parking
At the height of the pandemic, when we moved our counter to the front door, a lot of you got in the habit of collecting your baked goods while walking your dog. This was lovely as we got to meet a wide range of your canine chums.
Since we opened the shop up again we've been a bit concerned about the hygiene issues around dogs in a food environment, so we're going to revert to our previous rules of no dogs in the shop.
To help with this, we're introducing a Canine Parking Zone (CPZ). On the right-hand side of the bakery shop door, we'll put a chunky carabiner clip on the fixed metal hoop and invite you to secure your pup there while you pick up your loaves. (Assistance dogs are, of course, always allowed).
This is a work in progress and we welcome feedback!
The Breadcrumbs
đ„ CoCoMAD is running a fundraising event at Birmingham Brewing Company on Sunday 23 April from 1-4pm
đ„ Stirchley Community Market is looking for volunteers. If you're interested in helping run a great Stirchley institution, email stirchleycommunitymarket@gmail.com
đ„ The Plum Festival at Ten Acres park is crowdfunding to hire the area for this year's event. They only need ÂŁ570 and they have badges!
đ„ Stirchley Open Cinema has a pretty top-drawer programme of films showing at Stirchley Baths and in venues across Stirchley.
đ„ As a worker-owned co-operative we'd be remiss not to mention this Mayday gathering in Cotteridge Park to mark International Workers Day on Monday May 1st, 1-4pm.
If youâve got news or an event in Loafâs wheelhouse (some variation on bread / community / cooperatives), let us know at newsletter@loaf.coop
Lunches this week
Wednesday
- Curry: Tarka daal with sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
- Soup: Roasted tomato and basil with cheesy cob (V)
Friday
- Curry: Spinach, chickpea and new potato with sourdough (Ve)
- Salt beef on challah
Tue â Fri
- Sourdough pizza: Roasted red peppers, caramelised red onion, chilli, basil and mozzarella (V)
Wed â Fri
- Ham and cheese croissant
- Pine nut pesto and cheese croissant (V)
Tue â Sat:
- Sausage rolls
- Vegetable rolls (V)
Lunches are made fresh weekdays for 12 noon.
Our menu for the week â with ingredients and allergens â is on the website.
Thanks for all your continued support. See you next week!
Team Loaf: Neil, Nancy, Dave, Martha, Ian, Molly, Rach, Dorit, Sarah & Pete
Website: loaf.coop
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