My friend Commodorified is holding another of her occasional festivals of Cooking For People Who Don’t, and this month’s theme is Half Homemade. I have to say, this particular theme has caused me quite a bit of difficulty. There just…
Recipe: Fudgy Chocolate and Beetroot Cake (Vegan)
Chocolate and beetroot cake sounds like such a bad idea, but it really isn’t. It turns out I own several recipes for it, in fact, though they use tinned beetroot, which doesn’t sound like a winning strategy to me. Also,…
Drive-by blog post (with knives and Shakespeare)!
Not much blogging out of me this week, because I have a friend staying in my spare room (the one where the computer is), so I’ve been too busy doing friend catching-up stuff to write much. Also, it’s rude to…
Recipe: Moroccan Snake Cake
This recipe is adapted from a Claudia Roden recipe (which I think turns up in different forms in several of her books). It’s fairly heavily adapted, actually. For one thing, my version is vegan, though yours doesn’t have to be. …
Farmers’ Market – Pumpkin Parade!
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Magnetic and genetic properties of chocolate
My office has started spontaneously generating chocolate. It’s not that I don’t bring in my fair share of both chocolate and baked goodies, but the chocolates are definitely taking on a life of their own. The Divisional Chocolate drawer now…