Food adventures, food memories and food thoughts.
In the spirit of this time of year lets do a little looking back and a little looking forward. At the start of the year I was mid way through a creative writing course that I took through our local adult educational service here in Norwich. We were asked to set some goals at the …
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For Baking Advent Calendar Day 11 I’ve been into what is relatively unchartered territory for me. My partner recently acquired The New Vegan by Aine Carlin and has been trying to persuade me to cook something from it. To be honest I didn’t have a great deal of enthusiasm , but when she pointed out …
To be honest with you when I started this exercise I thought I was being a bit ambitious and that there might be some gaps that I’d have to try and count for, but so far so good and we’ve made it to Baking Advent Calendar day 10 without a break.. Today’s bake is orange …
It’s day six on the Baking Advent Calendar and time for tea. More specifically time for tea with fig and apricot scones. Scones are a uniquely British baked item that’s at the centre of all proper afternoon tea’s, ideally with some cream or jam. Although they seem to be universally liked in Britain there is …
For day four of my Baking Advent Calendar I’m sharing cured sausage, pistachio and prune cake. I’m doing this as I thought it was perhaps time to prove that I don’t only bake sweet things. This recipe comes from Rachel Khoo’s Little Paris Kitchen ,for the bilingual amongst you, or any French readers, Rachel lists …
It’s always good to have a recipe to hand where you can go from nothing to cake on a plate within thirty minutes. That’s why for the third day of my Baking Advent Calendar I’m sharing pistachio, hazelnut and raspberry friands, one of my favourite quick and easy bakes. Don’t be put off by what …
It’s Baking Advent Calendar day two and this one is for my Mum. I chose Jens Jorgen Thorsen Meringue as the default picture when I started this blog because it reminded me so much of Mum’s sweet tooth and how desserts were always the highlight of any meal for her. If she was in a …
Lying in bed last night I suddenly decided that what the world is missing is a baking advent calendar. I’m sure that until a few years ago advent calendars were only ever filled with chocolates but now there seems to be multiple versions of them. Someone has bought me one with a different cheese behind …
Bake Off week nine and we’ve reached the semi finals. Only two more to go before we all get our Tuesday evenings back and I have to find something else to write about. This time the theme was patisserie. That fiddly and intricate style of baking that’s guarantied to make you stop and stare with …
Bake Off week seven and this times it was festivals. I don’t think that’s a theme they’ve used previously and I wasn’t too sure what to expect. In the end it turned out to be food for festivals in the sense of Christmas or Easter, not what you might expect to find to eat at …
David in the kitchen.