In cooking, fusion has gone from being all the rage, to a bad word. A real f-word, you might say. I don’t know why that is, really, and it seems an awful shame. My whole life is about fusion, from the very beginning when my English mother…
Stepping away from the kitchen for a day, we took the kids into London for lunch and a walk around the West End. This is where Hubby and I met, where we used to work and where, in its various cafés and alleyways (that’s a story…
5.0 from 1 reviews Print 1970s Rainbow Cake From: Ruby Moukli (batter and frosting based on recipes from ‘My First Baking Book’) A retro birthday cake to remember. Reminiscent of simpler times, yet mightily impressive and completely enchanting. Ingredients For the cake: 300 g…
When, shortly after becoming engaged to a doctor, I announced I was quitting my office job, there were water-cooler jokes galore about my becoming a Lady Who Lunches. My days would be wiled away with mindless shopping, coffee dates and luncheons in fancy restaurants with…
Anyone who grew up in 1970s America has heard of Shake ‘n Bake. For the rest of you, this is a packet of breading and spices that you use to coat chicken before baking it. The idea is to approximate the fried chicken experience but…
Crazy Brazilian chocolate cake, made a bit healthier with wholemeal and spelt flour. Makes going crazy a bit less sinful.
