Hello there. Well, Ive had a bit of a telling off recently from my friends [Hi Sophie] for not updating in a while. To that I say - sorry baby, Im all vaginas all the time now. Aka - Im on ...
Im on a bit of a pastry binge. Or, I should say, I was. This tart was in fact made weeks ago, before I was flung back into the eddies of student life, but its deliciousness lives on!Excuse the dramat...
Arancini. Aranciiiniii. Say it with me, in a terrible Italian accent. Tiny risotto balls, named arancini because they look like little oranges [arancia is orange in Italian].My first and only ex...
I bought myself a little treat the other day - Whittards hazelnut coffee. Im an absolute coffee fiend - although I dont drink it black and unsweetened, oh no no. I like my milky and flavoured - vanil...
Whoopie pies. Whoopie. Pies. We meet again, under a different disguise maybe, but still. Whoopie pies.You may have been able to tell from the gist of that, but I dont really like whoopie pies. T...
These were a mixed success. Mixed because, although all my friends liked them, and they certainly went down a treat at the library, I was undecided. Maybe they were a little too spiced? Or maybe that...
Appearances can be deceiving. Take these for example. These were a disaster. I would say an unmitigated disaster, because that does sound rather dramatic, but I did manage to salvage at least 5.16 be...
I know what youre thinking, "More cake? Really? But I promised myself Id be healthy this year...", and Im thinking it too! I am! However, I am hindered in my plan to eat only healthy, dull th...
The lovely people at Laura Ashley sent me some of their new tea and biscuit range to sample, and I have to say, I had high expectations due to my love [and large collection] of Laura Ashley home...
Gingerbread matryoshkaBaileys white chocolate caramel fudge Chocolate orange marshmallowsArent those Russian dolls just the sweetest? I normally go traditional with gingerbread men and ang...
I love hazelnuts. I do. They are, hands down, my number one nut. And it is my love for these tricky beauties which lead to me, at 11am on a Friday morning, peeling the tough skins off each one indivi...
I am in my absolute element this time of year. Nothing gets me more excited than the prospect of themed food. Ghost meringues for Halloween! Toffee and chocolate apples for Bonfire night!The feeling ...
GINGERBREAD MARSHMALLOWS? WHAT IS THIS STRANGE NEW CHIMERA OF SEASONAL DELIGHTFULNESS? Behold: the love child of a gingerbread man and a marshmallow. It is orgasmic. I may be slightly biased, be...
This truly was a labour of love for my dearest friend Anya. A couple of months ago her mother [Hi Sheena!] emailed me with the proposition of baking a cake for Anyas birthday, and I leapt on the...
Tis the season for pumpkins! Pumpkins herald the start of my favourite season for food - here come risottos, stews, hearty soups, filling crumbles, and all sorts of delicious and not-technically-good...
These are divine. Theyre moreish. Ive eaten about 6 already. And whats better, they only require 4 ingredients, so Im not dashing about buying new things before my trip home tomorrow. Dry and crispy ...
Have you ever seen such a thing? Purple potatoes. Its called the Purple Majesty potato, and they look pretty majestic here - sliced thinly and packed into a tin with red onion and thyme, and bak...
This post upsets me a little bit. Because although this meal is DELICIOUS [Ive made it twice in the past 5 days, and at two portions per pop, this amounts to four servings. In 5 days Ive had ten prop...
Ive been on a bit of a scone kick recently. Scones for breakfast, scones for a mid-morning tea break, scones for a lunchtime treat, scones for a mid-afternoon coffee break, scones at 11pm at night sp...
Scone. Or scone, however you want to pronounce it. The different pronunciations of scone [rhyming with John and Joan] was rumoured to be a key issue in the enmity between Tony Blair an...
Im still aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive. And hello deliciousness. Not only does this desert have the twin joys of mascarpone AND chocolate, its summery, easy to make, and the crystallised mint leaves recently ...
Rustic is the key word here. Very rustic. So rustic, in fact, that it bears no resemblance to the image I had of it in my mind, when I dreamt it up one boring lecture. Still, browned butter, ros...
Ive been a busy little bee. Im on the final stretch of my app, you see, so Im rootling through all my notebooks to find recipes which Ive written down, only to find such things as: "85 flour...
Toffee. Butter. Caramel. If there were ever three words to make you shiver with longing, those would be them. Warm it up with milk and spoon over ice cream. Use to fill cupcakes and macarons. ...
A salad that is very much more than the sum of its parts – bread, tomatoes, anchovies and basil come together in a surprisingly elegant way. A little chef’s tip – don’t tell picky eaters about the an...
According to me, not my finest work, but they seemed to go down very well. A rather sweet cupcake, with a frosting that consists of mainly brown sugar and a dash of cream, I think these are a work in...
Hi all - sorry about the little break, its been manic over here, what with barmitzvahs and birthdays intruding on everyday life [my brothers, mine] so heres a little snapshot to keep you going u...
SO MOREISH. I made two batches in about two days - all gone. Perfect for those impromptu drop-ins with a nice cup of tea, and its got enough oats in it that you can conceivably convince yourself...
Some might say that slow cooking lamb is not the best thing to do when moving flat that day - but I beg to differ. Due to my incredible forethought [some may even say prescience] when I managed ...
Hello dear readers - Im back from my sojourn to Turkey! I came back bearing shisha pipes, Turkish coffee and boxes upon boxes of Turkish delight - which I am of course aiming to give away, but will m...
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