It's April, the cherry blossom and lilac are in glorious bloom, and it's Easter week. In our house this means it's time to make fresh coconut cake, which for idiosyncratic reasons I always associate with this time of year. There's something about … [Read more...]
Easter recipes: brunch baked eggs with chorizo, potato, tomato and spinach; and carrot cupcakes with a touch of whimsy
Easter brings out the child in me. It was always the time when we five girls had a huge amount of fun with springtime ramblings, colouring Easter eggs, and of course waking up on Easter Sunday to our Easter baskets – no such thing in the States as … [Read more...]
Easter is late this year
There ought to be a re-play holiday for lost holidays, or a saint: Saint Second Chance for lost opportunities. Holidays have sometimes passed me by in a blur. Work, all the cooking and whatever, and they can go before I catch up to being there – … [Read more...]
Cambridge in March: English asparagus and rhubarb
Skip to recipes This has been one confused winter: daffodils rehearsing in December, snowdrops extending their run into March, then actual snow just as the daffs get into full costume. It’s as though winter had stage-fright and only roused itself … [Read more...]