Dee Retali: Baking with Fortitude

This week, Gilly talks the politics and culture of cake and bread with craft baker at Fortitude Bakehouse, Dee Retali who was one of the first people to bring biodynamic, organic foods to London in the mid '90s.&nbsp;She's also made cakes for Madonna and Prince Charles, so famed is she for the sustainability and&nbsp;<em>craft&nbsp;</em>she puts in the mix. She founded Patisserie Organic in 1998 and her&nbsp;Soho-born coffee and sandwich shop&nbsp;<a href="https://london.eater.com/venue/fernandez-wells" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fernandez &amp; Wells</a>&nbsp;blazed a trail way before the boho bakeries and hipsters made real bread cool. Her book, <em>Baking with Fortitude</em> takes its name from her bakery chain, Fortitude Bakehouse but decribes a woman with grit in her belly.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>