Seasonal recipes and stories from Scéal Bakery

Local and seasonal are the ingredients for success in Scéal: Seasonal Recipes and Stories from a Modern Irish Bakery by Charlotte Leonard-Kane and Shane Palmer

Shane Palmer and Charlotte Leonard Kane. Picture: Shantanu Starick

“We focus on local and seasonal. That has been our focus since the very beginning.”

Since Charlotte Leonard-Kane and Shane Palmer set up Scéal Bakery in 2017 they have steadfastly stuck to their baking guns, consistently incorporating Irish grains, fruits and vegetables into their breads and pastries. In their book Scéal: Seasonal Recipes and Stories from a Modern Irish Bakery they tell the story — the scéal — of how their transient market stall put down roots and opened an open-plan café in a seaside Wicklow town, while maintaining their devotion to local irish ingredients as they grew.