Clara con Naranja (Spanish Shandy)
I promised a recipe for the orange syrup from the candied oranges. Well, the sun has put in an appearance this week, which has put me in a holiday mood and wanting one of those cool, refreshing drinks...
View ArticleBizcocho de Naranja y Almendras (Orange & Almond Cake)
We are all very excited in the Smith household. Tomorrow, we are off to France for a couple of weeks and I have to confess that this orange cake is the result of using up the eggs and the remains of...
View ArticleMarket Lunches in France, Olivade & Baked Victoria Plums.
Sorry, I haven't posted for a couple of weeks. I had internet connection problems in France and I have been crazy busy since our return last Sunday, it feels good to be back blogging with two recipes...
View ArticleBlackberry Crumble
The school run.The 'school run' has been taking twice as long this week. Last week I introduced Evie to the delights of roadside snacks in the form of blackberries. So an empty ice-cream tub has joined...
View ArticleCacennau Cri (Welsh Cakes)
My day job involves convincing others of the benefits of learning another language. I spend hours enthusing about the insight you can have into another culture when you speak its language and eat its...
View ArticleOde to A Frozen Pea.
Frozen peas are the reliable friends of the vegetable world. Often overlooked, simply boiled or microwaved as a quick accompaniment when all the other veg has wilted or gone. When you are reaching that...
View ArticleButternut Squash & Spinach Salad
As the temperatures begin to fall, the refreshing and cooling salads of the summer make way for more earthy flavours and textures. As October approaches I find myself adorning salad leaves with warmer...
View ArticleApple Cake
Yesterday was perfect autumn walk and picnic weather. I had noticed earlier in the week that Erddig, a National Trust stately home only half an hour away from where we live was holding its annual apple...
View ArticleBasil & Walnut Pesto
I always feel better when I have a jar of pesto in the fridge, and even better when it's home-made. Life is super busy at the moment; home and work are battling for my time. So lots of quick soups and...
View ArticleChocolate Orange Brownies
Yesterday was a chocolate day. I came home from work feeling tired, cold and somewhat bruised, figuratively and literally (walking into desks is a professional hazard for a clumsy teacher). Sometimes,...
View ArticleRoast Ham and an Orzotto with the leftovers
My paternal grandparents always ate their Sunday lunch on the dot at 12pm. They would then eat cold cuts and salad at teatime, I imagine every week for the whole of their married lives. My parents...
View ArticleA Seafood Stew
Sorry there was no post last week. I was away in Cornwall for the half-term holidays. We had a lovely week of coastal and seaside village walks, punctuated with lingering seafood lunches and...
View ArticleEvie's Pudding
Some weeks ago I was reading a restaurant review by Jay Rayner in the Observer. His description of menu disappointment struck a chord. 'After eating there I wanted to nick the menu and give it to...
View ArticleGingerbread
Nadolig Llawen! Merry Christmas! I know, I know... I have been absent for a month. I have been occupied by Christmas fayres, carol concerts and nativity plays, not to mention the shopping, the...
View ArticleCranberry Frangipane Tartlets
We had a lovely laid-back Christmas Day, just the three of us. Much as I love to entertain a crowd, it was nice to linger for a little too long in our pyjamas and have a loose schedule to the day. We...
View ArticleGrandma's Russian Toffee
When I was little my Grandma would send us bags of treats: home-made biscuits, cakes and sweets. Russian toffee and her fruit cakes were my favourite. For the uninitiated, Russian toffee is not toffee...
View ArticleBaked Camembert
Hygge is an inspirational word. It is a Danish word that does not have a direct translation into English. I would love it for this reason alone, for its uniqueness, its layered complexity. I like the...
View ArticleGinger Foxtails
I met my husband on New Years Eve. My flatmate had invited one of his old school friends (later to be my husband) to spend it with us. As we bar-hopped my friends disappeared one by one and by midnight...
View ArticleCrêpes Suzette & Yorkshire 'Breakfast' Puddings
I'm back! I know, I know, it all went quiet. My laptop died and what unfolded was a farcical chain of events that meant that I have been without a laptop for more than 4 weeks. I'll spare you the...
View ArticleStore-cupboard Tomato Soup and Rock Buns
Sometimes it's not just what you eat but where and when you eat it: tartiflette after a morning tearing down the slopes; churros and chocolate after dancing until the madrugada; paper-wrapped fish and...
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