Hi folks. I’ve got a real treat in store for you today and, if you’re in the market for that sort of thing, it’s rather nifty for catching boys too. This risotto is the first supper I ever cooked for my boyfriend (he liked it so much that he insisted I send him home with the leftovers) … Continue reading
February has been a blur. A blur mainly because of the busy bee day job vying for my attention but also the near-constant torrential downpour limiting my visibility to the radius of a wet and weary umbrella. And although pip & little blue has suffered at the hands of overworking and rain-induced blues, I’ve … Continue reading
My boyfriend is in the Alps this weekend, prancing about in powder and having a jolly good time of it. I want some fun too. It is not snowing outside and I am hundreds of miles away from any mountain range. I am not swaddled in a dozen layers like a podgy onion, nor have I … Continue reading
In the midst of this bleak mid-winter, I fancied a taste of Turkey last weekend. I spent a few days in Istanbul last autumn and it was a true smorgasbord for the senses – a glittering kaleidoscope of bright colours and bold flavours and steamy hammams. Not something I could quite exactly recreate during our … Continue reading
Greetings foodies. December has flown by in a blur of mini-mince pies, carol concerts and booze. It has been delightful and exhausting in equal measure and we’re not even at the grand finale yet! I needed a break from festivities on Sunday, a little time to myself to potter, so I baked some spekulatius. In … Continue reading
Today’s the day I’m going to tell you the recipe for my friendly little gingerbread-esque men in my profile picture. It’s time. Time for lebkuchen. For the uninitiated, it’s a sort of soft, spiced German gingerbread that smells and tastes of Christmas and makes everybody very happy indeed. I made my first batch of the … Continue reading
So November’s been a not-so-good month for the blog. Sorry blog and sorry hungry readers. But on the plus side, it has been an absolutely smashing month for charity. I spent most of it organising a fundraiser with a few colleagues called DRESS (Disaster Relief for Emergency Situation in Syria) to raise much-needed funds for … Continue reading
This recipe is pretty dirty. At the risk of stating the obvious, it has nothing to do with the low-calorie, guilt-free popcorn snacks favoured by reed-slim gym bunnies across the City. Oh no. This is about making food sufficiently sinful for those moments when you want to shut the rain out, curl up on the … Continue reading
Hip hip hooray, it’s whoopie pies today! If you’re mad enough to ask WHY…because: – it’s autumn and there are squash and pumpkins EVERYWHERE; – an American friend just had a baby and I wanted to bring her something (not another babygrow) that reminded her of home; and – my friend Anouk asked me to … Continue reading
I’m a teensy bit embarrassed by the simplicity of this recipe as there is almost nothing to it, but then I came to my senses: 1) how silly it would be to deprive all you lovely people of something so delicious, and 2) celebrating tasty achievable dishes is at the very heart of this blog … Continue reading
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