Making your own pizza is incredibly satisfying, tasty and easy enough to get the little ones involved. Chances are, you already have all the ingredients in your cupboard so you can play the relaxed domestic god/goddess with very little planning in advance – if you have a food mixer with a dough hook attachment, there … Continue reading
In spite of the recent raincloud firmly placed over England, I am going to stick to sunshine food for the next few months – fresh fare with crunch and zing and a lightness that winter’s offerings can lack. I’m spring-cleaning my diet mainly because this is my kind of food but also because it’s time … Continue reading
At the first sign of summer, I tend to start planning trips away and compulsively flicking through glossy holiday brochures – poring over double-page spreads of crystal waters and infinity pools, powder white sand and impossibly bronzed couples. It’s obviously a bit silly as London is glorious in the sunshine and has lots of green … Continue reading
I hope you had a lovely bank holiday Monday in the sunshine. I spent the late afternoon on Highbury Fields, catching the last of the spring rays, sipping champagne and munching on fresh-from-the-oven sausage rolls – not too shabby (despite my horrible and unseasonal cold)! Since giving my boyfriend the Ginger Pig Meat Book for Christmas, I … Continue reading
Apologies for neglecting you of late…I haven’t (only) been frolicking in the sunshine – my boyfriend and I are in the process of buying a flat (I am so excited about the kitchen) and it has kept me very occupied to say the least! We have of course been eating and cooking tasty treats – … Continue reading
What a glorious day! The sunshine was streaming into my living room earlier this evening, warming the flat and making it feel almost like a balmy summer’s eve. I have been secretly fearing a final cold snap so had kept my winter coat and boots close at hand but they have now been retired for … Continue reading
Shortcrust pastry is an awesome pastry – extremely simple to make and equally at home with sweet and savoury fillings. Made well, it is light and crisp and delicious. It takes minutes to rustle up and uses only four ingredients (and two of those are water and salt…) so there is no excuse not to … Continue reading
If I were a vegetarian, I’m not sure my boyfriend and I would get on in the kitchen. He is a true self-proclaimed carnivore and will never be happier than with a large rare steak for dinner. Although I eat meat (and when I do the rarer the better!) I have always been a champion … Continue reading
Spring has finally sprung! The sun is out and it feels light and bright and optimistic again after a very long hibernation. I have painted my fingernails a vibrant coral, my flat is awash with the heady scent of fresh hyacinths and I have spotted not one, not two but three women sporting mint green trousers…Spring also … Continue reading
A friend of mine went to Dubrovnik last Autumn and brought me back some black cumin seeds from a local market. I was quite daunted by the miniature charcoal chips at first as I had never come across them and they were packaged in a glass test tube – they looked either very precious or … Continue reading
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