Today is my sister Amy's birthday, and in two days' time it will be niece Caitlin's. A few days after that it's our Mom's special day. We were meant to be celebrating all these important dates together this year. Well, we still are -- just across … [Read more...]
Claudia Roden’s orange flan (dairy free)
Oh my. I have a weakness for custards ... and there are few things more exquisite than a really good orange in its season.... So I was intrigued by Claudia Roden's recipe for a baked custard -- a flan -- made with no milk or cream: just eggs, a … [Read more...]
Tuscan-style grape and walnut harvest bread — and a batch of grape jelly
We inherited a grape vine that has produced a few small clusters of grapes most years, which have mostly stayed hard and green, not even attractive to the birds. Thanks to our extraordinary summer last year, we actually had a harvest of ripe, dark … [Read more...]
Peanut butter oat cookies
These are very definitely a peanut butter cookie, but they are also a wheat free oatmeal cookie. I experimented with my favourite peanut butter cookie recipe to make some for a friend who can't eat wheat, but can tolerate oats. I discovered that … [Read more...]
Mint sorbet
Phew, it's hotter than something that's really hot. Cambridge reached 100F yesterday, and had the distinction of being the hottest place in the UK, on a day that had its own dubious distinction of being the hottest July day on record. It's a … [Read more...]
California cooking: Chez Panisse garlic soufflé
If there's one thing that typifies California cooking to me more even than artichokes, it has to be garlic. It grows famously in Gilroy, south of San Francisco, where the town smells of garlic in the best kind of way, and you can procure anything … [Read more...]
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