Every Saturday my friend WaxeWod puts a happy list post on her blog and asks her followers, should they feel inclined, to follow suit. I find it quite therapeutic, a way to look back over the previous few days, often realising it’s the smallest things that make you happiest. If I was to expand the …
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Two Culinary Daydreamers
It was last Christmas. Our eyes met across a crowded bookshelf. You reaching for Nigella, me the latest Ottolenghi. We didn’t speak, didn’t acknowledge. Both lost in recipes, imagining how flavours on the page would taste on the plate. ‘I want to try that’ our first words. Two culinary daydreamers. We cooked together that night, …
I’m still here
Up until the turn of the year, which feels such a long time ago now, I was writing regularly. The blog was thriving, words were flowing, and I was enjoying the whole experience. Something I’d prevaricated about for years was turning out to have been a very good idea. I even had the thrill of …
Bake Off dessert week
With the possible exception of bread week, there’s a case to be made it’s always dessert week on Bake Off. However this time it officially was. The week you can guarantee more than any other that every challenge is going to be sweet, sticky and indulgent. My mum would have loved it. Whenever she ate …
Bake Off bread week
Bake Off bread week feels as if it marks the point in the series when the basics have been covered. We started with cake, followed with biscuits and now bread means that the things we’re all most likely to bake at home have been ticked off. Desserts and pies are the only bakes you can …
Great British Bake Off Week Six
Bake Off week six and I’m still on a bit of a sugar high. This was dessert week and it inevitably involved a great deal of meringue. My Mum would have loved this week. I always remember that if we went out for a meal she would choose her dessert first and then pick the …
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 …
Great British Bake Off Week Four
After the relatively straight forward themes of cake, biscuits and bread, Bake Off week four was the first where I didn’t really know what to expect. It was dairy week and while it’s easy enough to come up with a list of the key dairy products and ingredients, knowing what would be baked with them …
Why I’m Doing This
Writing about food is something that I’ve wanted to do for a very long time. I’ve hummed and hawed, procrastinated and prevaricated but finally I’m sitting down at the keyboard and making a start on doing it. I want to cover all aspects of what i think of as my food adventures. The joy of …
Welcome to My New Food Blog
The beginning This is the first post on my new blog. A blog where I want to cover all things food related. I’m going to look to update on a regular basis and things I want to cover include.. Why I cook What I cook When I cook Food thoughts Food memories Food adventures Coffeeshops …
David in the kitchen. 