Archive for January, 2007
Dark, dusty, misshapen lumps – what secrets do these homely brown nuggets hide?
Sometimes, you find that you come across something and you seriously understimate it. Like that Jamie Oliver recipe that you came across that seemed simple enough, but left you standing in the middle of an exploded kitchen asking “what went wrong?”. Or perhaps, [...]
Is this enough chocolate for ya?
So, I may have missed the deadline for Sugar High Friday: The Chocolate Sessions, but that doesn’t mean I can’t post about this cake now, does it?
Despite my numerous claims that I’m not a chocaholic (I’m not – promise!), I find myself drawn to cooking with it [...]
When I first saw the recipe for these brombeerbusserl by Nicky over at Delicious:Days, I knew that this was one recipe that needed to be made. How could something so tiny and cute and biscuitty possibly be denied? Now, though I’ve never really been much of a girly girl (you should’ve seen my childhood collection [...]
Steamed buns – one filled with sweetened red bean paste, the other with finely chopped spring onion
With China, Japan and Korea being in such close proximity to each other, it means that many dishes cross the short distances to each country, either in its existing form or being recreated into a new variation (such as [...]
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again.
I love nuts.
Macadamias, pecans, walnuts, pistachios, cashews, peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts – I adore them all. Whilst I enjoy munching on a handful of raw nuts as a quick energy boost throughout the day, my passion for them really comes through when it comes to cooking and baking [...]
