Homemade chocolate digestives

One word: amazing. You MUST make these, and you will never buy a packet from the supermarket again. They are well worth the (not very much) effort. As  you might expect from my  many recent posts about the state of my kitchen, I actually made these a few weeks ago. I saw the recipe on […]

Nigella’s chocolate molten babycakes

My mum’s birthday was on 9 February, which this year fell between me flying back from Sri Lanka and her flying out to Grand Canaria. As a consequence, we only saw eachother this week – although that worked out well as we had the chance to share our holiday experiences and for me to give […]

Getting steamed up – steamed suet and sponge puddings

When I was younger I never really wanted what my Mum cooked me for dinner. As a child of the 80s I wanted the kind of food that Iceland still seems to sell: crispy pancakes, mini kievs, chicken dippers, potato waffles, beefburgers with processed cheese ON THE INSIDE, and lots and lots of chips.  MacDonalds […]

A comfort food: fish pie

One of my biggest restaurant disappointments was when I visited Richard Corrigan’s Bentleys for a much anticipated meal many years ago. I had come across him on the first series of Great British Menu and was immediately drawn to his simple style of cooking: using the best fresh and local ingredients, fussing with them as […]

Cream tea with lashings of cream

I am not sure there is much better combination than a cream tea – warm scone (without fruit for me), a huge dollop of clotted cream topped by some strawberry jam. Even better for me is that you get a pot of tea so you can add your own milk … I am super fussy […]