Only a few day’s late for this month’s foodie penpals – mainly because I have been spending an awful lot of time baking and working this week, which has meant I haven’t had much time to write. Thanks to a quiet weekend I am catching up on my It’s not easy being greedy posts, and […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 7 – eclairs
More apologies from me for getting behind on my Bake Off challenge for this year – seriously, the weeks are flying by, and I can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas! In fact, I actually made my week seven challenge last weekend, but I haven’t had time to write about it yet. These challenges are getting seriously […]
Foodie penpals – August 2014
Oh dear – it’s been a really busy few weeks and I am so behind with my foodie penpals posts. Apologies for that. I will be catching up this weekend and promise to try harder next time. I was very excited in August to be paired up with Kate, who had previously sent me an […]
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Tredwell’s Seven Dials – Marcus Wareing new launch – review
I think one of the best things I have ever done (well, in terms of feeding my greed, at least) is signing up to mailing lists of restaurants I like. It’s great when you get an email in your mailbox telling you about a new restaurant which is opening, especially when it invites you to […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 6 – salted caramel torte
Wow – time is really flying, and I am starting to get behind on my Bake Off challenges. I did actually make this little beauty the weekend after episode 6 aired, but have struggled to find the time to write it up. So week 6, if you don’t remember, was European week. In between Mel […]
It’s not easy being greedy – especially if you are a cat
If you don’t own cats (or, rather, if a cat hasn’t decided to make you its personal slave), then you probably think that cats eat cat food, right? Wrong! What cats most want to eat in the world is whatever you are enjoying at any particular time. And they will do anything they can to […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 5 – Somerset apple tart
Pies and tarts were the subject of this week’s Bake Off, and Norman (who practically dredged the entire studio in icing sugar when he ‘dusted’ his tarte au citron) was booted off, despite the fact that they are one baker down now that Diana has pulled out of the series due to illness. I think the […]
A feast of Pink Lady apples
The other day I was sourcing some new recipes and happened to mention to a lady who does the PR for Pink Lady apples (I hadn’t realised that apples needed their own PR, so you really do learn something new every day) that I needed to find some apple recipes, as puddings made from apples […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 4 – self saucing lemon pudding
Oh blimey, what was going on with the Bake Off this week? #Bingate made for fantastic viewing, and I am sure that the programme-makers were delighted to see how Twitter went ballistic over ‘Dirty Diana’ and her apparently sabotage of Iain’s baked alaska. Has a baking show ever had so much fuss? I doubt it […]
GBBO 2014 challenge week 3 – filled bread
I am running late with my Bake Off challenge this week, as I spent the bank holiday weekend in Paris for the Rock en Seine music festival. So instead of baking bread, I was eating sausages, aligot, Paris-Brest and confit duck, and watching Arctic Monkeys, Prodigy, Queens of the Stone Age and Blondie rock Paris. Oh […]