I like food. I like eating food; I like sharing food; and I like cooking food: for myself, for my family and friends, for anyone who will come share it with me. I like cooking new foods and recipes; I like cooking old familiar favourites; and I like putting new twists on old recipes and finding new things to do with known ingredients. This is a record of some experiments and experiences. Enjoy!

Jun 14

Carrot Pickles

I made pickles for the first time in the autumn. Bread and butter (sweet) cucumber pickles and spiced beetroot pickles. I made each a...

Jun 9

Lemon Jelly with Chilli and Ginger

There's been a bit of a hiatus since my last posts due to some travelling, the first trimester of a pregnancy and fun things like...

Mar 8

Jerk (ish) Cardamom Mango

I made Jerk Chicken for the first time recently, from a recipe in my Spice Bible cookbook, and it worked out really well. One of the next...

Dec 28, 2021

Candied and Chocolate Covered Citrus and Ginger

Since first trying to candy and then chocolate cover orange peels last spring, I have branched out to ginger and other citrus fruit...

Dec 26, 2021

Roast Pumpkin Cookies

It is Christmas Cookie season again, and you may have noticed from some of my recent posts that I've been doing some baking. Along with...

Dec 18, 2021

Ginger Snaps: Revisited

Ginger Snaps are always a favourite at this time of year, and baking a variety of Christmas cookies is a joy of the season (as perhaps...

Dec 4, 2021

Winter Oatmeal

Having porridge most mornings of my life, sometimes it's nice to mix it up a little and change the flavours and textures. Here are a few...

Oct 8, 2021

Carrot Ketchup

Continuing on from that initial request for a ketchup recipe, here is another one. This time I decided to do a spiced (but not spicy)...

Sep 29, 2021

Chow Mein

I don't know where this craving came from, but I recently decided I wanted chow mein. Something with lots of veg and lots of flavour....

Sep 14, 2021

Sweet Potato Soup with Creamy Fromage Blanc and Spicy Red Pepper Paste

Sweet Potatoes are normally really expensive here, so when the price drops, I buy up loads of them. Usually, being a tuber, they last...

Jun 27, 2021

Rhubarb and Goat's Cheese Risotto

My dad brought by some rhubarb from his garden the other day. They are the biggest and longest rhubarb stalks I have ever seen. As well...

Jun 8, 2021

Grapefruit and Prune Cookies

This started out as a trialled tweak of the Orange Date Cookies back in the autumn. In a taste test of the two, we liked the Orange Date...

Jun 1, 2021

Carrot and Ginger Salad

We had leftover Broccoli and Fennel Tart for lunch, but not enough of it for a whole meal. We are going away for the weekend so I wanted...

May 27, 2021

Sweet Potato and Red Lentil Curry and Home-Made Paneer, Attempt 2

I love curry. I love its versatility, and the fluctuating meanings hidden behind the word. It can mean something spicy and hot, it can...

May 16, 2021

Pear-Ginger Blondies

It was rainy and cold and after nap time I was reading Little Bit a classic from my childhood, Happy Winter by Karen Gundersheimer. In it...

Apr 27, 2021

Bread Pudding

After going up to my parents' chalet for Easter, we discovered on our return that there was a forgotten loaf of bread in the bread box...

Mar 30, 2021

Fenugreek and Sweet Potato Curry

This is an adaptation of a friend's fenugreek chicken recipe. His fenugreek chicken, back when we were living in South Africa, was the...

Mar 16, 2021

Golden Milk, 2 Variants

I've recently gotten into having Golden Milk in the evenings - that is, warm milk with turmeric and other spices. The first time I looked...

Mar 11, 2021

Savoury Lemongrass Coconut Panna Cotta - or Deconstructed Thai Curry

I've been doing a challenge on Instagram where there is a different ingredient each week around which a dish needs to be built. This...

Jan 28, 2021

Peach Pocket Pancakes

After a morning of playing in the snow with Little Bit, we decided to have bacon and eggs for lunch, and for good measure (hiking in the...

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Cooking for me is very much a shared experience. Please do feel free to send me requests, comments or questions.

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