On the Twelfth Day of Christmas The 6th January is Nollaig na mBan: Women’s Christmas. Also known as Little Christmas and Celebration of the Epiphany. A litany of names for the last of the 12 days of Christmas and the day on which the Three Wise Men are supposed to appear for the first time [...]
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It’s Beginning to Feel a lot Like Christmas! December is here again, and lurking temptingly around the corner is Christmas. For the foodies amongst us this spells a time of intense activity – cakes, puddings and preserves to be made, meats to be sourced, food orders to be placed; and, on top of that all [...]
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Melt in to the Months of Mist & Mellow Fruitfulness With yet another overflowing bowl of apples gracing my kitchen table I had to come up with some way of using them up. I didn’t really want to make a pie or a crumble, though I couldn’t exactly say why – sure we’ve had cold [...]
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The Taste of Scotland Firstly, I think I need to say sorry to my loyal readers. I’ve been incredibly busy of late and as such this place has suffered, for that I am sorry but I suppose there are times when life just gets in the way of blogging. I’ve been meaning to blog about [...]
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My first Fresh From the Oven challenge was hosted by Wendy, and we made Chelsea Buns. Chelsea buns were created at The Chelsea Bun House, an establishment which was situated on the borders of Chelsea and Pimlico, London. The Chelsea Bun House was in business for the best part of a century; eventually closing it’s [...]
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Salt of the Earth Millionaire’s Shortbread, is also known as Wellington Square and according to Darina Allen, Protestant Cake. Whatever you call it, it is a firm favourite of mine. Biting into one of these delectable bars is like enjoying both a cookie and a chocolate bar at the same time, I suppose they’re a [...]
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This week is National Cupcake Week here in the UK. It runs from 13th – 19th September. It’s only the second year of this event organised by the British Baker Magazine to highlight the joys and delights of all things cupcake. Truth be told I’m not really a cupcake fan. I’d rather munch on a [...]
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Cooking From The Hart I must admit I have never been a big fan of nuts in brownies. They’re usually included to provide a crunchy contrast to the brownies fudgy underbelly. But, a really good brownie is nice when it’s fudgy through and through and doesn’t need a contrast besides a glass of cold milk. [...]
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If Life Gives You Lemons … If life gives you lemons … make old fashioned lemon bars from Jim Fobel’s Old Fashioned Baking Book. Jim refers to these bars as a real taste of childhood. Well they weren’t a taste of mine, maybe that would have been different had I grown up across the pond [...]
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The Baking Guru of Israel A few weeks back my fabulous and incredibly generous Israeli friend, Francesca, sent me a copy of Sweet Secrets by Carine Goren. Carine Goren is Israel’s best known pastry chef. According to my friend her book Sweet Secrets and accompanying television show of the same name were massive hits. So [...]
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Deep Purple The other evening I had a huge desire to bake something, no surprises there then, with the lovely punnet of blackcurrants I had sitting in the fruit bowl. Blackcurrants (ribes nigrum) have grown in the British Isles for over five hundred years and this year they have been grown in my garden! Now, [...]
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