This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.
🍞 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:
Wed - Fri: 12-6
Saturday: 8-1
Visit us at 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL (map)
Learn how to make Thaali
Thaali is a meal made up of a selection of vegetarian dishes served on a platter. In Kerala it is known as Sadhya (banquet), traditionally served on a banana leaf, often in large quantities; for weddings and other special festivals and celebrations. During a traditional Sadhya food is eaten with the right hand, without cutlery, and people sit cross-legged on mats together.
Haseen has been bringing fantastic street food from Kerala in the south west of India to the streets of Birmingham for several years now. Starting from a home-cafe in Kings Heath, to guest appearances at markets and takeovers of cafes and pub restaurants, Pop Up Dosa is an integral part of the grassroots food landscape in Birmingham, and for good reason.
The next class takes place on 23 October from 6.30-9.30pm.
It’s a very hands-on workshop and we will be feasting on all the dishes we make family style, so Arrive hungry!
Autumn Birmingham Co-op Meetup
The Birmingham Co-op Meetup will take place in the Stirchley Baths tomorrow evening, Tuesday 15th April, 6:30-7:30pm.
We welcome newcomers, those who are co-op curious or want to learn more. No need to participate, you can just observe.
Come along to this co-op meetup to chat, network and socialise with fellow cooperators, learn about worker co-ops or benefit from mutual support
Held on Tuesday evenings once a quarter and led by local worker co-ops, these meetups consist of a relaxed all table discussion following a loose format where we hear updates from attendees. People can bring questions, ask for support, or find out what’s new on the co-operative local landscape.
If you can’t make it tomorrow, the next meeting is on 21 January 2024.
Special things this week
Dave is baking this week the following:
Lemon & Blueberry Bundt
Blondies
Brownies (Ve)
Banana Bread (Ve)
and a surprise!
The Saturday sourdough specials are:
Walnut & Cranberry
Lemon, Olive & Thyme
No reservations - first come first served.
This week's lunches
Wednesday
Tarka Daal with Sourdough (Ve)
Thursday
Soup: Spiced roast carrot w/sourdough (ve) - (optional with Crème fraîche)
Friday
Curry: Cauliflower, chickpea, spinach w/sourdough (Ve)
Salt beef on challah bun
Wed - Fri
Sourdough Pizza: Artichoke, spinach, basil, garlic & mozzarella (v)
Ham and cheese croissant
Tomato, spinach and cheese croissant (V)
Wed – 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: Sat 2 Nov, Tue 19 Nov
Simply Sourdough: Sat 9 Nov, Sat 23 Nov
Sweet Breads and Viennoiserie: Sat 16 Nov
Baking with Heritage Grains Sat 26 Oct
Wholegrain Baking with Tom Baker: will return in 2025
Haseen’s evening classes:
Lap’s all-day classes:
Sausage & Charcuterie: Sat 19 Oct
Seafood Masterclass: will return in 2025
Lap’s evening classes:
Thai: Wed 6 Nov
Ramen: will return in 2025
Dumplings: Wed 16 Oct, Tue 26 Nov
Knife Skills: will return in 2025
We run classes throughout the year (except August and December) and schedule new dates as soon as possible. You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Thanks for all your continued support.
See you soon!
Neil, Mina, Rach, Martha, Pete, Dave, Dorit, Molly, Michael, Andy, Kate, Lee & Zahrah
Address: 1421 Pershore Road, Stirchley, B30 2JL - map
Website: loaf.coop
Updates on: Instagram
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