I can’t believe the generosity of people on Violets Pantry, they are an amazing group of people. The amazing and oh so generous Bev has just sent me a copy of Medina Kitchen: Home Cooking from North Africa by Fiona Dunlop. It’s a stunning book; a kind cross-over between cookery and travel, combining evocative descriptions [...]
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With a large box of mixed summer berries in the freezer and a tub of creme fraiche to use up, I just had to succumb to creating a pudding, not that I really need an excuse to bake. I decided upon Nigella Lawson’s Blackberry Galette (except I used my mixed berries, instead of just blackberries). Why? [...]
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Inspired by Eva and Linda I decided to support the Colour Orange Campaign by discussing it here on my blog. The Colour Orange Campaign was initiated by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot and aims to highlight the violations of the human rights in China on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing August 2008. They are aiming to show disatisfaction about the [...]
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My lovely Israeli friends Jules and Francesca inspired tonights dinner. Francesca had recently sent me a copy of Iranian Cuisine Kosher (Leevim Vida) which a lovely book detailing traditional Iranian food, in both English and Farsi, with gorgeous photo’s; unfortunately I can’t find any information on the web about it though, so can’t post you [...]
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Having had the pleasure of a plethora of new cookery books arriving this week I thought I’d use today to really dive into them and get cooking. With the exception of my Dad’s ‘special pork’ (more details coming up) and my ‘maple carrots‘ all the other recipes are from the new arrivals. So what was on [...]
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My wonderful friend Sally in Australia sent me a surprise gift containing a fabulous book, tea towel and gorgeous card to cheer me up a bit. I didn’t realise I’d been so obviously down but I have been feeling a little less bright than usual recently. stress with family health, work becoming a chore [...]
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Another new book arrived a couple of days ago - India: Food and Cooking – An Evocative Culinary Journey, with 200 Recipes (Pat Chapman). I love Indian food but know very little about which types of food come from which areas in India and this book is perfect for gaining that kind of knowledge. Part 1 of [...]
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With all the chatter about pasticcio & pastitsio over on Violets Pantry a food forum I frequent and on Pistachio’s blog, I began to crave this Mediterranean comfort food. So what really is the difference between pasticcio and pastitsio? Well for a starting point, pasticcio is Italian and pastitsio is Greek, they are both layered [...]
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There’s a very good reasons why I tend to use Nigella Lawson’s London Cheesecake (How to Be a Domestic Goddess: Baking and the Art of Comfort Cooking) recipe as a basis for many my cheesecakes; quite simply it’s fantastic. Totally and utterly. It tastes wonderful and the texture is perfect. This cheesecake is very rich [...]
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