I was hoping to write more here while I was on holidays, but the combination of my usual December activities, plus confectionery, plus the funeral, all followed up with several days of drainingly hot weather have left me more exhausted…
Recipe: Baked Ricotta
Today is horrendously hot, and the next two days threaten to be worse. I have therefore spent the afternoon… cooking. No, really, bear with me, it isn’t as mad as it sounds. Cooking in this weather can only be described…
Further to last night’s post…
There were six people. I think I may have slightly overcatered. Just slightly. This is why it is dangerous for me to own books like The Perfect Scoop. Because I really do want to make every single thing in them……
Quiet New Year’s Eve…?
I wasn’t *having* a New Year’s Eve Party this year, on the grounds of exhaustion and really evil hormones. So why is it that I have somehow spent today making chocolate ice-cream and marshmallows and honeycomb and meringues and spiced…
Recipe: Easy Pasta Dinner
For some strange reason, nobody ever gives me hampers. Possibly, they have some idea that my house is full of food already and a hamper is the last thing I need. I can’t imagine where they would get such a…
Recipe: Spicy Chocolate and Zucchini Cake
I can see you all looking at me rather oddly at this point, but zucchini cake is actually surprisingly good. My Oma used to make one with nuts in it, which in fact I didn’t like, but that wasn’t the…