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...]
Special pancakes
It's Thanksgiving week and family are assembled. Breakfast today is "special pancake", which my mother started making back in the sixties when we kids were picky as hell about the most important meal of the day. This we all loved, and still … [Read more...]
Cambridge in November: wild venison and walnuts
November is like the little girl in the nursery rhyme. When it’s good, it’s very good – but it also has its less endearing side. A country walk may be an ideal way to spend a weekend when November’s at her best, but when she’s got her pouty face on, … [Read more...]
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