I’m a sucker for a pannacotta and a posset both, so this buttermilk pudding recipe – a cross between the two – is a winner of an idea from Ed Smith’s Crave. Served with either sharp stewed fruit or white balsamic vinegar-marinated strawberries, and crunchy crumbled amaretti biscuits, this dessert needs to be made several ... Read more »
I recently reviewed Chocolate: Indulge Your Inner Chocoholic. This lovely book by my friend and chocolate expert Dom Ramsey is the perfect gift for anyone who loves good chocolate and wants to learn more about its history, how it’s made, where it’s grown, what fair trade and bean-to-bar mean, and even how to make your ... Read more »
This month’s theme or Bloggers Scream For Ice Cream was all about Fruit – a real celebration of summer! Gloria at Homemade and Yummy kicked off with these wonderfully refreshing Blackberry Lemon Tea Pops using lemon tea, fresh blackberries and some candied lemon zest for added zing! Next, Choclette made my mouth water with her ... Read more »
One of the most joyous things about summer for me is the abundance of fresh fruit. Seasonal British-grown fruits are a particular joy – that pleasure that comes from missing them when they are gone and anticipating them just before they are back once again… and then, here they are! Blueberries are one such fruit ... Read more »
The last couple of weeks have been a scorcher and I’ve been turning to home made ice lollies (popsicles) to cool down. My mango lassi ice lollies made with fresh mango and natural yoghurt were superbly refreshing and so too are my latest batch – combining fresh nectarines, maple syrup and bourbon in mini ice ... Read more »
Also known as a fruit crisp in parts of North America a fruit crumble is one of Britain’s favourite desserts; a comforting bowl of cooked fruit topped with a layer of flour, sugar and fat crumbled together and baked in a hot oven. It’s popularity grew enormously in the era of rationing during and after ... Read more »
Over the last few weeks I’ve been gorging myself on delicious Kesar mangoes from India. Alphonso mangoes haven’t been as good this year, their flavour not as sweet and their scent not as perfumed as usual but the Kesar ones have been delicious. I’ve bought box after box from my local Asian grocery store, shared ... Read more »
Welland’s Farmers Market in Niagara-on-the-Lake is not nearly as vast as the mind-boggling markets I visited in Montreal and Quebec but it’s plenty big enough to offer a wide selection and is a wonderful place to buy local and regional produce. Fruits, vegetables, fresh meat and dairy, cheese, honey, charcuterie, baked goods and other food and ... Read more »
Yesterday I read a news article mocking the English Defence League for failing to realise that a satirical news story claiming a bakery had decided to remove the ‘offensive’ cross from traditional hot cross buns was indeed a spoof and reacting with their usual rabid froth of outrage. One indignant commenter declared, ‘What next, ”hot crescent bun” ... Read more »
Last month I got it into my head that I wanted to make a persimmon fruit curd. That was a little odd on my part really, since before this, I’d never even eaten persimmons at home – only on my travels. But this winter their orange piles have been beckoning me from several local grocery ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]