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Simple Pleasures at St John Bread & Wine
I've been meaning to visit St John Bread & Wine for longer than I can remember but somehow I'd never quite got there. I've even had reservations in the past that I've had to cancel for one reason...
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A Taste of Autumn - Caramelised Shallot & Chestnut Tatin
As the Summer begins to draw to a close and the sun sits low in the sky over the hazy landscape in the distance I feel a certain sense of contentment. Autumn is my season. All those wonderful colours...
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Mince Pies
I learnt a couple of new things about mince pies yesterday from a wonderful lady called Jean who led our festive Dickens guided tour around the City of London yesterday afternoon. Firstly, instead of...
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Jerusalem Artichoke Soup with Hazelnuts
Jerusalem artichokes aren't the prettiest looking of vegetables and seem to be much maligned for their (to put it politely) gas inducing properties. But that's not to say that they can't be transformed...
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Banana & Walnut Cake
I don't know about you, but I for one can't stand eating bananas once they have even the slightest of brown speckles. The texture and flavour begin to change and, if I'm honest, they're then usually...
View ArticleThe worst thing for a food lover...
...is morning sickness.My life is normally filled to the brim with food. I'm the sort of person who has planned what's for dinner before I've even had breakfast. The stack of books next to my bed is...
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Chocolate & Orange Tart
A few months ago I had the good fortune of being invited, along with a few fellow food bloggers, to an evening of chocolate tasting with the inimitable Paul A. Young at his quaint shop in Camden...
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Showing off Sugar (Muscovado Custards)
A few weeks ago, the nice people at Billington's sent me some sugar to play with. I say play with because it's not really the sort of sugar you'd put in your tea or coffee but is more suited to a...
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Rhubarb & Rose Tart
I always begrudge parting with my hard earned cash for rhubarb. Especially in London where a mere crumble's worth is likely to have the bank manager come knocking. I'm used to getting it free you see...
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Leek & Cheddar Tartlets
Tartlets are so versatile - you can fill them with almost any vegerables and cheese you have to hand. There seems to have been a bit of a proliferation of 'caramelised onion and goat's cheese' tarlets...
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Something more important than food? Surely not...?!
For what seems like forever, food has been the one thing that has consumed my thoughts, both day and night. As a small child I was once known to have thrown the table over when the nursery teacher...
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Festive Speculoos in celebration of St Nicholas
Way back when (so long ago I don't care to work it out exactly...), I spent an amazing 6 months living and working in Brussels. Now whilst I'm not a huge fan of typical Belgian cuisine (apart from...
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Luxurious Lemon Cake
I'm having a bit of a baking week this week and what a lovely cake to start with on such a gloriously sunny morning! Light lemony sponge, layered with lashings of lemon curd and creme fraiche, topped...
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Coffee & Almond Cake
The second cake I made yesterday during my week of baking was this Coffee & Almond Cake. It's based on Mary Berry's recipe for a Gateau Moka aux Amandes which is in her Ultimate Cake Book. It's a...
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Grandpa Urchin's Tunisian Orange Cake
For my third cake this week I chose to make this deliciously sticky, sweet Tunisian Orange Cake which I (along with many others) fawned over when we tasted it at fellow blogger, Food Urchin's lamb in a...
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The Magpie Cafe
No trip to Whitby would be complete without sampling the fish and chips at The Magpie Cafe. But in all honesty I did wonder whether it was going to be another one of those places whose heyday has been...
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Off to market we go...
This Thursday, 11th August 2011, I will have a stall on the Covent Garden Real Food Market in aid of the East Africa Appeal. I would love it if you are in the area and could come down to support this...
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A dish fit for a wedding!
I'm not really sure when my fondness for smoked salmon developed. But develop it did. A treat for high days and holidays.Somewhere along the line it became more affordable to me and I've made many...
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Celeriac Gratin with Caramelised Onions
Over the summer I signed up to Local Greens - a not for profit weekly vegetable bag scheme providing seasonal veg from small organic or spray-free farms, which are as near to SE London as they can...
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Romanesco Cauliflower & Chilli Pasta
Romanesco cauliflowers are like jewels. Pretty fractal emeralds which call out to me from market stalls at this time of year. They seem so rare and precious that I feel the need to do them justice;...
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