Summer term started yesterday so baking is going to have to wait until the weekend. The first week back is always super busy so I like to have lots of food ready to heat up in the fridge and freezer. One such dish is the above squash and chickpea stew. Nigel Slater recipe and [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Squash and Chickpea Stew
Posted in Food, Recipes on April 8, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Hmmmm…
Posted in The Wedding Cake on April 6, 2008 | 26 Comments »
And the award for the World’s Worst Baker goes to…
The Wedding Cake – Elephants and Baking Powder
Posted in Food, The Wedding Cake on April 5, 2008 | 29 Comments »
As many of you know, I (Wendy-the-non-cake-maker) am presently trying to master the science of baking in order to make my best friend’s wedding cake next month (eeeek!). Despite having purchased the aptly named Cake Bible and having read it cover to cover, all is not going smoothly. In what way? you ask. In many [...]
Forced Rhubarb
Posted in Food, Recipes on April 3, 2008 | 19 Comments »
Late in February little red rhubarb lumps began to nose out of the dirt. At first I panicked slightly: wasn’t it too early for delicate young fruit to appear? Wouldn’t they die in the frost and snow that would inevitably appear throughout the following few months? After a call to my Dad I discovered that [...]
A Very Pretty Dessert
Posted in Food, Recipes on April 2, 2008 | 21 Comments »
Wish I’d posted about this earlier in the year when pomegranates were at their best. But I didn’t. And this dessert idea is just too pretty to be filed away in a dusty Flickr vault for another 10 months. So here it is: Buttermilk Pannacotta with Pomegranate Seeds and Mint. I’ve posted the pannacotta [...]
Skye Stew
Posted in Food, Recipes on April 1, 2008 | 16 Comments »
The following is a very simple steak and ale stew that I made whilst on holiday in Skye. We ate it on the last night when D came to stay with us and he reckons it was my best stew yet. Think I agree. Not only did the three days the stew spent in the fridge improve [...]
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