bread

Using (up) my loaf

More store cupboard cleaning out - this time my unwilling victim was a packet of granary flour.  Yep, that one had to go. I think I may hav...

casserole

Dad's quick frankfurter casserole

When I told my parents that I was becoming vegan, my mum cried. Seriously. It wasn't quite the reaction I was expecting, but apart fro...

biscuits

Chocolate snowballs in the snow

From the end of last week to the start of this one, there's been snow in England. Even in London, a few inches of white stuff was clingi...

capers

You can't spell 'warm potato salad' without meh

Are you sick of my smug New Year's resolution keeping yet? Well, let me help you with that. I've kicked that resolution-keeping thin...

blueberry

A first attempt at blueberry preserves

As I mentioned a while ago , one of my Christmas presents this festive season was a book on making jams, pickles and preserves. My mum was a...

dumplings

Pierogi: Feel the food fear and do it anyway, episode 1

Pierogi: lovely, lovely Polish dumplings or secret creeping terrormongers in a dainty dough jacket? Clearly, it's both. Yes, I've ...

chinese

New Year's resolutions and a store cupboard clear out

This year, I'm about New Year's resolutions I can cope with keeping. Last year, I only made one resolution - learn how to play mah ...

cookies

Mexican wedding cookies and a new year feast

The start of 2013 wasn't great - a monster hangover followed by a bout of nasty stomach bug. Still, the tail-end of 2012 wasn't to...

chocolate

Christmas food gifts, part two - receiving

I guess word must have got around - this year, everyone seems to have given me food-related presents. (They're your favourite kind too, ...

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