September 20 2022
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 take a look at the work of Santina Amato, an artist who works with her own weight in dough.
We’ll have plenty of bread and pastries on the shelves all day, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.
Scroll down for this week’s lunch menu and cookery school vacancies.
Our opening hours are:
Wednesday: 12-4
Thursday: 12-6
Friday: 12-6
Saturday: 8-1
🍞 A space has suddenly come available for the Simply Sourdough class this Saturday. Book here.
🍞 Sarah’s on the sweet shift again so look out for apple frangipani (with local fruit), pumpkin loaf with a cream cheese frosting, fruit cake, and a vegan lemon and blueberry cake over the week.
🍞 Also, watch for some “experimental wholemeal pastries” towards the start of the week. Intriguing!
🍞 Loaf founder Tom’s Rye and Roses bakery was featured in this roundup of Welsh cuisine. Really want a slice of his Torth Dyfi and Felin Ganol breads now…
🍞 Friend-of-Loaf Dale Hipkiss is launching a Climate Breakdown discussion group at Artefact on Thursday evening. “Come and feel just a little less crazy by talking about what we can do.”
Since hosting Bio Arts Birmingham this summer we’ve been coming across more artists who work with the living materials we make bread from. This week Rachel brought Santina Amato to everyone’s attention and we had to share her amazing work.
Her dough-based work begins with a durational performance where she filmed herself kneading her own weight in dough, culminating in her lying exhausted holding the dough as it rises and envelopes her. Click through for the videos.
This then led to her ongoing series, Portraits Of Women With Their Weight In Dough, where she works with women to make the dough which they then pose with over two hours. The resulting images are both absurd and profound, and the duration of time really emphasises how alive their globulous companion is.
If you come across any artists doing interesting work with dough, please let us know!
Lunches are made fresh weekdays for 12 noon.
Our menu for the week — with ingredients and allergens — is on the website.
The following classes have vacancies as of this newsletter being posted.
Loaf’s all-day classes:
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s all-day classes:
Lap’s evening classes:
We release new dates as soon as possible, based on tutor availability. You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Thanks for all your continued support. See you next week!
Team Loaf: Pete, Ian, Martha, Dorit, Neil, Rach, Sarah, Molly & Nancy