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 …
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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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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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Escaping to the kitchen to make bread and scones
Coronavirus isolating might be resulting in a lack of ingredients in my store cupboard but it certainly isn’t limiting the frequency at which I bake. If anything I’m finding myself in the kitchen more often than normal. This is partly down to the fact home baking helps to eke out our supples and partly to …
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A life changing custard tart.
Yesterday morning I attended the final session of my creative writing course. Last week didn’t happen due to the coronavirus shutdown but for this one our tutor suggested we have a go at doing things online. I was a little wary going in but have to say that through a mix of email and a …
The comfort of baking
I picked the title of this short post because I don’t think there’s ever been a more important time to get in the kitchen and revel in the comfort of baking. To shut the world out for an hour or two, to have the enjoyment of being creative and at the end of it the …
Blood orange syrup cake with candied peel.
Up until two weeks ago my recipe of choice at this time of year had always been the blood orange and pistachio cakes that I shared in my Baking Advent Calendar day 10 post. Then I discovered Tamal Ray’s blood orange syrup cake with candied peel and suddenly there’s a new favourite in this house. …
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David in the kitchen. 