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]