It's easy to get into a bit of a rut with breakfast, and some people need encouragement to eat this first meal of the day at all. If you find yourself in that situation, some tempting yet wholesome breakfast muffins might help. These muffins are … [Read more...]
Chicken breasts with black olive tapenade, roasted red peppers & prunes in puff pastry — and other ideas for a different Christmas
As everyone keeps saying, Christmas will be different this year. For me, it will be cooking transportable, reheatable meals for delivery to people who aren’t cooking for themselves; baking some goodies as thank you gifts for those kind and competent … [Read more...]
Caramel cake distraction bake
There is a lot of advice out there for ways to distract ourselves during this second British national lockdown, and while the results of the US election unfolds, if like me you're seriously distracted by that. Baking a cake isn't a bad choice (or if … [Read more...]
Tamale pie
This Tex-Mex recipe is one I've cooked regularly for over thirty years because it's so good -- one of those dishes people ask me to make, and want the recipe for, so I guess it qualifies as something of a retro classic that's stood the test of time. … [Read more...]
Sicilian pasta ‘ncasciata: pasta bake with aubergine
These months of lockdown and Covid restrictions have brought home just how much food can transport us to places we miss when we can’t actually be there. Right now, as England turns gloomy and cold with damp, I’m longing for old haunts in Sicily. … [Read more...]
Rose and violet shortbread biscuits
There is something sensuous about nibbling a dainty biscuit that transports one to a perfumed rose arbour or a sunny patch of violets. And the taste of these really lives up to the romantic associations. They are beautifully buttery, with a great … [Read more...]
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