Archive for May, 2007

I just wrote up the round-up for this week’s Weekend Herb Blogging…and then my computer died, so I have to start over :(

What can I say about this week’s round up? We’ve got a variety of entries and ingredients, from basil to truffles and the dishes cover everything from scrambled eggs to risotto. Thanks to [...]



Sorry folks, there’s no food photo, so here’s a picture of Mr Woofy’s muzzle to tide you over till I have food to post :)

Hallo folks! The posts are going to be few and far-between from now till the 5th of June (the date of my last exam before FREEDOM!) and I’ve told myself that [...]



I have always been a lover of mushrooms, they come in a huge variety of varieties and each have their own distinct characteristics and flavours that can really give a big boost to almost any dish. Though their bodies mostly consist of water (hence the drastic shrinkage during cooking), many varieties contain lots of fibre [...]



An ice-cream maker has long been on my list of things I wish to buy for my kitchen, but since quitting my job to concentrate on study in February, money has definitely been one of the things I’m lacking in (well, the purchase of my highly overpriced but much loved Canon G7 probably had a [...]



Cream puffs are one of those desserts that can appear either super posh or as everyman’s fare, depending on how you dress them. Filled with a simple vanilla pastry cream and dusted with a little icing sugar, they are delightful sweets that are easily held in the hand and devoured in a few quick bites. [...]