It was my birthday on Sunday, hence the peace and quiet from this neck of the woods over the weekend. I have managed to stretch out the celebrations to well over a week, starting with a visit from my mum last Wednesday where I cooked her a great chicken, asparagus and orzo pasta recipe … […]
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St Patrick’s Day Irish stew, chocolate Guinness cake and Baileys ice cream
It’s St Patrick’s day, and even though I only have the most tenuous link to Ireland (I sit opposite an Irish girl at work), I am happy to take any opportunity to join in with the craic. Plus, it’s not every day you have the perfect excuse to make Nigella Lawson’s chocolate Guinness cake, which […]
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Salt beef, bagels and pickled veggies … and lots of it
I have wanted to make this American deli classic of salt beef and bagels for a very long time. Two reasons really – firstly, I love it but when you but it in London the portions are rarely anywhere near as generous as the ones I have had in New York. Secondly it sounds like […]
GBBO challenge week 8 – vegetable cake
Find out more about by Great British Bake Off challenge. Okay, I admit it, this week is a complete cop-out. The technical challenge during week 8’s GBBO was a dacquoise – a layered cake of hazelnut meringue, coffee cream, chocolate ganache and crushed hazelnuts. I did seriously plan to make this cake, until my lovely […]
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Mr Whippy cupcakes
Last week was my first week since starting this blog without a weekly posting. You probably didn’t notice, or if you did you may well have been relieved to have had a break from my ramblings. It was the result of a cat crisis, where our 12 year old kitty Henry took a bad turn […]
Foodie penpals – July 2013
Hooray, hooray, hooray – this month I received a box of goodies! I was so excited to get an email from Steph at Tub on the Run, and I immediately indulged in my nosy nature by checking out her blog. I really enjoyed finding out more about her: she’s been getting into running, and like […]
Making friends with filo, plus a cheeky fish curry
My diet has not been brilliant recently, and the pounds have slowly crept on. Instead of eating well 80% of the time and having treats 20% of the time, the rule has reversed and I have been scoffing goodies much more than I should. Well, these things happen – I just realised I needed to […]
Creme egg cheesecake
I can’t remember where I first saw the phenomenon that is creme egg cheesecake, but as soon as I did I knew I had to make it. I googled various recipes which are available online, and ended up using a few tips from each one I found to make the following recipe. I didn’t think […]