As part of the creative writing course I’m currently doing we were asked yesterday to come up with two lists relating to the current situation. One showing the positives we think are coming out of it and the other listing the negatives. After much thought and head scratching I was half way down the page …
Author Archives: David Burbidge
Lemon semolina cake
One of the things I’m enjoying about writing this blog is how much I’m finding out as I do it. Not only am I learning from the research I do prior to writing but also from the feedback and questions people ask me after I’ve posted. Yesterdays example of this was when I learned that …
Lockdown luxury
The last few weeks have made me feel as if I need to be a bit abstemious in my baking. I’m not saying that it’s made me feel I need to bake any less, quite the opposite in fact, but what it has done is made me feel I need to be careful with what …
It’s the little things
I’m finding it’s the little things that matter most at the moment. As the days merge together and none of us have a clue how much longer this will be going on for it’s the little moments that stand out and set days apart. Last weekend I noticed that The Book Hive , our excellent …
Banana bread
I’m sure that at the moment we all have stories we can tell about people who are doing something to help in these difficult times. Whether it’s looking out for neighbours who need extra support, putting themselves in front of the public everyday as they keep a food store open or just in general working …
Cardamom tea cakes with cinnamon sugar topping.
I was going to start this post with a reference to how long we’ve been in lockdown, but as I keep losing track of time and never seem to know what day of the week it is I’d probably get it wrong if I tried. So I’ll just make do with saying that I hope …
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Chilli cornbread pie
I’ve mentioned in a couple of my recent posts that flexible recipes are what we need at the moment. Recipes which can be tweaked and amended to take into account what you have, or more importantly don’t have, in your store cupboard. With the one I’m sharing today I think I’ve found a near perfect …
Soft spiced apple cake..Monday comfort baking
I don’t think I’ve ever thought about food quite as much as I’m doing at the moment. I’m sure we’re all a bit like that, what with the combination of more time on our hands and limited opportunities for stocking up, but as someone who’s been known to list food as a hobby before now …
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It’s only when you can’t you realise how much you want to.
When I called my father last weekend to see how he’s coping with coronavirus self isolation he told me he’s taking the opportunity to learn new skills. At that point the achievements were making pastry for the first time and setting up Skype on his tablet so that he can keep in touch with his …
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If you can’t get to the coffeeshop let the coffeeshop come to you.
I’ll never take a coffeeshop visit for granted again. I used that sentence as a one liner on Twitter last week and the responses showed me I’m clearly not the only one going through withdrawal symptoms, as we all sit at home wandering how long social isolation will have to go on for. If you …
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David in the kitchen. 