These days, it’s not often that I get a chance to go out with my son. Jake has gathered his London ‘tribe’, the size of which ebbs and flows like the fickle (...)
These gorgeous Sour Cherry, Coconut and Oat Slices are so easy to make and very child friendly too by which I mean that it is something that you could make (...)
I have a friend who I think of as the Imelda Marcos of lunch boxes. She has the most incredible selection – ones for breakfast, ones with separate compartments (...)
Agnello e patate al forno | italian shepherd’s pie
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Apulia is the southern Italian region which makes up the “heel” of the boot after which the country of Italy is likened. The area was once known as the Wine (...)
Masala Chai Banana Bread with Coconut Cream Cheese and Cardamom Icing
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This year’s UK Master Chef series on the television has been fantastic. The final five were all incredibly creative and really put through their paces as the (...)
The bastion of all things butter, Lurpak, commissioned a study into lunches and found that we are creatures of habit, eating the same things pretty much (...)
Browsing through Woolworths’ South African website, I came across this intriguing recipe for Milk Tart, which is apparently, the ultimate braai recipe. It’s (...)
No matter what I do, when I cook meat in the slow cooker (aka the crock pot), it becomes wooly and all the delicious seasonings I have added become dull, dull, (...)
While I was in Cape Town, I stayed with friends in their gorgeous villa. Justin has designed and decorated the house so that it is not only stunning to look at (...)
A couple of times a year, four of us get together and spend the day wandering around a food market, shopping and then repairing to one of our homes to cook a (...)
Hello from gorgeous Cape Town! I’m here for a wedding but wanted to share these gorgeous crackers with you. Whenever I dry any sourdough starter, I always test (...)
One of the few benefits of globalisation is the exposure and the availability we now have to a huge variety of fruits and vegetables. In England, garlic, which (...)
Rachel de Thample is a woman after my own heart. A food writer, forager and advocate for seasonal and local produce, she has worked in the kitchens of Marco (...)
Poached saffron and citrus pears with vanilla mascarpone
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It’s Part 2 of the Fiesta Friday Anniversary Block Party Celebrations which I am thrilled to be co-hosting with the talented Nancy of Feasting with Friends. If (...)
When you see the timeline on this recipe, you are going to laugh and say who has 3 days to make a loaf of bread?! The truth is that you barely spend any time (...)
It’s hard to believe that a whole year has gone by since Angie dreamt up Fiesta Friday. I remember how she said that she wanted us all to mix and mingle with (...)
You can’t rush sourdough bread making. The physical time spent on making the bread is minimal however the proofing takes time; time to develop the wild yeast (...)
I was so thrilled when Elaine of foodbod asked me to write a post for her new series, “What would you feed me?” Elaine is the embodiment of healthy eating – (...)
I have a real aversion to buying chicken breast meat. It’s easy to overcook, bland and expensive. I would much rather buy a whole chicken or those packs of (...)
After the excesses of festive season, January bears the brunt of cutting back whether it be shopping, alcohol and/or food. The feasting seems to start from the (...)
