Images Dated 14th August 2015

Decorative loaf in shape of sheaf of wheat with mouse

Decorative loaf in shape of sheaf of wheat with a little mouse or wee timorous beastie for harvest festival celebrations, home-made bread on an old elm kitchen table in Kent. Traditional and charming - food for thought and very English. Art posing as food, or food posing as art - crafted by a skilled baker.
credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

© thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

Large thin circle of bread on a round wooden board on floor of quayside bakery

Large thin circle of bread on a round wooden board on floor of quayside bakery. Behind is the gas fired hotplate she uses to bake the bread, and in front piles of freshly dried herbs (thyme and oregano?) Selimiye, on the southern coast of Anatolia, Turkey
credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

© thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

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Home made shortbread type biscuits, sandwiched with vanila buttercream, served in little white pots
credit: Marie-Louise Avery / thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

© thePictureKitchen / TopFoto

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