I accidentally bought a cookbook on Thursday. It really wasn’t my fault. I was having a very bad day, complete with cramps and a completely wasted lunch break looking (unsuccessfully) for display folder refill sheets, and as I left the…
Category: rice
Recipe: Overnight Rice Pudding for a Cold Winter’s Morning
By the time I post this, the UEFA Soccer Cup will be over, and we will know whether Italy or Spain has won. I am not, in all probability, going to get up to watch it, even though I did…
Recipe: Mushroom Risotto, Three Ways
Hello! Have you missed me? I’ve missed you! Unfortunately, I’ve been rather overwhelmed with work and other commitments of late, which is not conducive to creative cooking (though I do make a mean pasta bake in these circumstances. Repeatedly.). Anyway,…
Leftovers for Lunch: Risotto cake
The other reason I haven’t been blogging much recently is that my meals have either been fairly mundane or fairly unsuccessful. This does not lend itself to food blogging as well as you might think. One of the less successful…
Recipe: Rosemary Chicken Skewers with Fruity Pilaf
I wanted to do something beautiful with those rosemary branches. That’s pretty much all the commentary this gets, because that was the entire inspiration for this meal. This recipe is truly mine – I’ve made jewelled pilafs to a number…
Recipe: Lovely Rice Pudding For Dinner Again
After you all egged me on to make rice pudding the other day, I found myself compelled to give it a try. The difficulty was, my evil, chocolate-loving side wanted to make a completely decadent rice pudding with chocolate and…