Muryel Boulay kindly volunteered and visited Chandlings Manor School in Abingdon on their Food Day (8 June) with a presentation about Bread.

Bread was definitely a good theme, says Muryel. I did a small talk about Slow Food trying to make sure they understood the good, clean and fair message. I managed to get some fresh bread from the Old Farm House bakery in Steventon. The bakery bread was absolutely delicious and still warm. I had prepared a dough the night before so they were able to smell and touch a 4 hours vs 12 hours dough and appreciate the yeast activity.

I managed to make them understand that water and flour are enough to make bread. I asked them to describe the appearance, odour, texture and flavour of the breads then gave them a granary one from the bakery and they loved it! I do believe they will remember the message... Slow Food and local bakery. They all left with a Slow Food membership leaflet, a brochure from the bakery and a bread recipe, courtesy of Andrew Whitley from 'Bread matters'. I'd say it is all worth it and it'd be great to do similar things at different schools!

Many thanks to Muryel, well done!