I was recently luckily enough to be sent a copy of Jane Hornby’s new book What To Bake And How To Bake It. The book is aimed at amateur bakers looking to master the classics and expand their repertoires. Each of the 50 delicious recipes is accompanied by photographs of…
Contrary to my last post about cutting out cakes and sweet stuff, and focusing more on a healthy diet, here is a recipe for chocolate-dipped pistachio madeleines! Even though I am not technically eating cake at the moment, I still love baking. So on Monday night I suddenly had an…
I spent a wonderful Christmas and New Year in my home town of Glasgow. Last Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, or Hogmanay as we call it in Scotland, I decided that I should end 2013 with a great meal. Having heard fantastic things about The Gannet in Finnieston, Glasgow, I booked…
Every Christmas I made a chocolate log. Last year I made Gemma Gannon‘s Salted Caramel Yule Log which was incredible, but takes a bit of time. This year I didn’t have time on my side so I went for an old favourite…Mary Berry’s Chocolate Roulade. It is made without flour or…
I have a lot recipe books in my flat. A LOT! I have bookshelves full of them in my spare room, I have shelves being weighed down in my living room by them, I have piles of them on various tables around my flat. I even have a pile of…
Last week my friend Nick emailed me asking how much I wanted a Nutella book. My answer? A LOT! I found it on Amazon, it arrived the next day and flicking through it, I wanted to make everything. The easiest recipe, and one which I knew I had all the…
If you read my blog regularly you will know how much I love Paul A. Young‘s chocolates. Every time I wander into Soho (most days), I seem to be magnetically drawn into his Wardour Street shop and that very thing happened at lunchtime today. I decided to treat myself (it…
It was my friend Tony’s 40th birthday party at the weekend and I was asked if I could make him a birthday cake. I always get a bit nervous when making friends cakes. I’ll admit I can sometimes knock out a good tasting cake but I’m not a great cake…
On Tuesday night, the wonderful Cassie and I headed out to the Paradise in Kensal Green to attend a chocolate masterclass hosted by the one and only Paul A. Young. This was one of a series of ‘School of Grub’ events held at Paradise focussing on fabulous food and the people that make it. If you have not heard of…
S’mores are a very popular American treat, traditionally made around a campfire and consisting of a roasted marshmallow and layer of chocolate sandwiched between two Graham Crackers. I grew up hearing about them in American movies and TV shows and was always intrigued, but they never made it over to…
As its the Easter weekend, and I’m back home visiting my family in Scotland, I wanted to make something special to eat on Easter Sunday, something to round off our Sunday roast. All of last week I was trying to think of what to make, then my trusted BBC Good Food weekly…
This recipe for raspberry rocky road is one of my favourites. It also seems to be a favourite of most of my friends and family, most notably my sister in law, Sami. When she was pregnant with my nephew last year she would request it ‘for the baby’ and I…
