If you live in or plan to visit Norwich (UK), you may be interested in reading about Benedicts, an excitingly serious, yet informal and relaxing, independent restaurant I reviewed and photographed for olive magazine. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
Dobosh torte step-by-step
Dobosh torte is a Hungarian speciality, a virtuoso show-stopper of a cake. Budapest confectioner Jozsef C Dobos developed it in 1884 to be both spectacular and transportable, as he was an entrepreneurial chap who wanted to send his exclusive … [Read more...]
Mimosa salad, crunch crunch
I am a fan of winter salads. This one is an old favourite my mother used to make when we were kids, using her cast-iron skillet to fry the bacon and deglaze its dripping with cider vinegar for the dressing. I can still hear that dramatic sizzling … [Read more...]
Christmas card from Cambridge
Dear friends, I'm not going to give you yet another recipe these few days before Christmas, as you probably already have quite enough going on in the kitchen. I do want to wish all the generous, thoughtful, supportive readers of this blog good … [Read more...]
Last-minute fruit cake with rum and vanilla
It's days before Christmas, and I haven't made The Cake yet. These past few years I have taken on the hefty responsibility of making my English family's traditional British Christmas Cake, and this year I dropped the ball. I should have made it in … [Read more...]
Cambridge in December: festive partridge and pear
I’m re-thinking my holiday checklist, and perfection isn’t on it. It is mid-December and there is so much to do -- cards, presents, tree, the turkey, the cake -- and that’s not even considering work and day-to-day survival in the meantime. The only … [Read more...]