I baked a Victoria sponge this weekend. That light and airy cake which somehow seems to symbolise teatime in ways nothing else does. There are so many childhood memories of there always being one of these on the table if we went to spend time with my grandparents. Full of cream and fruit, dusted with …
Category Archives: Food Memories
Saturday afternoon in Paris
As it’s another Saturday afternoon with not much to do I’ve decided to take myself to The Little Paris Kitchen. In an ideal world it would be a trip to a small, intimate space in Montmartre where a long leisurely lunch is followed by coffee and maybe a glass of Calvados. Unfortunately as the world …
The Famous Five ate rather well
Last week I picked up an Enid Blyton book for the first time in more years than I care to admit to. I mentioned in my last post about the creative writing course that I’m taking and last weeks session was all about children’s literature. As part of this we were asked to revisit books …
Apple and tarragon cake
Last week I discovered and bought a cookbook that I just know is going to be slightly dogeared and stained before too long. Those badges of honour that all good cookbooks should wear. The book in question is Little Library Year by Kate Young. It’s a combination of glorious seasonal recipes that are interspersed with …
I made my first pizza.
I made my first pizza recently. I’m not quite sure why I hadn’t beforehand but when pizza popped up as the #TwitterBakeAlong challenge a couple of weeks ago I decided it was time to have a go. Now I’m left wondering why it took me so long to get round to it and how quickly …
Baking Advent Calendar day 21
For Baking Advent Calendar day 21 we’re having one of the classics. A Victoria Sponge with cream and strawberries. Unfortunately I didn’t get too many opportunities to bake for my mother but this was always one of her favourites, the picture is of one that I baked for her 80th birthday. Mum didn’t want much …
Food & drink memories
There’s no memory quite as evocative as a food or drink memory. It does so much more than just bring the tastes flooding back. I’ve recently been reading Nigel Slaters wonderful autobiography Toast where he links just about every moment of childhood to a particular food or drink item. They range from sweets or chocolate …
Breakfast in Koblenz
The cold meats and cheeses that I had for my first breakfast in Germany were a whole new experience to me. I’ve written quite a lot in previous posts about childhood memories of food. How living in Malta for a few years broadened my tastes at an early age, what an adventurous cook my mother …
Great British Bake Off Week Five
Bake Off week five and we’re half way through the series. This time it was into unchartered territory with a theme of 1920’s baking. When they do this sort of thing I’m never quite sure if they come up with the theme first and then try matching recipes to it or if it’s the other …
What’s not to like
There’s an article in todays Guardian where a number of chefs and foodies talk about their least favourite ingredient to cook with. This got me to thinking about what mine would be, then to the very quick conclusion that I may be about to write the shortest blog post ever. Clearly many of these people …
David in the kitchen. 