Who doesn’t love chocolate brownies? Even better, chocolate brownies with miso and walnuts made in about 20 minutes including mixing the batter and cooking? Look no further than these amazing Microwave Miso Walnut Brownies from Tim Anderson’s Microwave Meals cookbook, full of amazing recipes that show the incredible versatility of this oft-maligned kitchen appliance. Read our ... Read more »
Arab baked omelettes (known as eggeh across much of the Middle East but as kookoo in Persia) are a great choice for any meal of the day and can be enjoyed hot or cold, making them a great option for picnics or packed lunches. In this recipe from Arto der Haroutunian’s cookbook, Vegetarian Dishes of ... Read more »
Today we are sharing another recipe from Meze: Snacks, Small Plates and Street Food from the Middle East, by Sally Butcher, one that hails from her mother-in-law Afi. A minced lamb casing is wrapped around two different fillings, one being whole eggs, carrots and herbs, and the other a mix of spinach, walnuts and dried ... Read more »
My walnut brittle was so delicious it’s a miracle I managed to set some aside to make ice cream as planned! Once again, I opted to use fresh ready made vanilla custard as my base, adding coffee, rum and walnut brittle. Because Pete isn’t a huge fan of nuts, I made the coffee and rum ... Read more »
Having decided to make myself some Coffee Rum & Walnut Brittle Ice Cream, the first step was to make the brittle. I knew I had a bag of French walnuts sitting in the airing cupboard, gathered from the grounds of a friend’s home in Corrèze, dried in the sun and delivered to me as a very ... 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]