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The New York Times Recipe Lab + Blueberry Jam 22 Aug 2013 | 07:36 pm
I'm excited to reveal that tomorrow, at 7pm UK time and 2pm New York time, I will be participating in the New York Times Recipe Lab live video chat with Kevin West (who wrote Saving the Season), Julia...
Blueberry Braided Bread: A Guest Post 15 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
My post today is over on The Pastry Affair, a gorgeous baking blog written by Kristin Rosenau. Kristin started out as an astroparticle physicist. Then, in 2010, Kristin left physics to work as a bake...
Foundations no.8 - Meringue, Part II 9 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
This is the second part of my Foundations post on making meringue. Last week I covered the basics of meringue and the French method. The same basic tips apply to Swiss and Italian meringue, which is w...
Foundations no.8 - Meringue, Part I 2 Aug 2013 | 03:02 am
Back when I first started blogging, meringue was one of the things I was scared of making. I bewailed my troubles in an early post on Lemon Meringue Pie, declaring that I didn't know why it was going ...
Choco-Caramel Sauce 26 Jul 2013 | 04:02 am
This is an I-can't-stop-spooning-this-straight-into-my-mouth-oh-****-down-my-dress-ah-who-cares-WANT-MORE-SAUCE sort of sauce. Essentially, you make a dry caramel, then you stop it with lots of doubl...
Tarta de Santiago + Food 52 22 Jul 2013 | 10:48 pm
As you might remember, almost exactly a year ago I posted about the Tarta de Santiago, a wonderful almond cake from Spain. I was contacted a few months ago by Food52, one of my favourite recipe sites,...
Dutch Baby (a.k.a. Puffed Pancake) 18 Jul 2013 | 10:00 am
I've eaten a puffed pancake for breakfast every day for the last three days. So how about apricots roasted till soft with brown sugar and a dab of vanilla alongside a spoon of crème fraîche and a dus...
Emiko's Elderflower & Polenta Cookies 11 Jul 2013 | 09:10 pm
I've decided to start a new series of recipe reviews. Each month I'll pick a recipe that has been posted online on a blog, website, newspaper or somewhere else. It might be a recipe that intrigues me,...
Treacle Flapjacks 5 Jul 2013 | 03:41 am
"Ther gooth a brook, and over that a brigge, Upon the whiche brook ther stant a melle" The Reeve's Tale, Geoffrey Chaucer When we were in the Lakes a few weeks ago, we decided to visit Little Salke...
Strawberry Jam (with a touch of lime) 27 Jun 2013 | 05:19 pm
I'm sorry my posts have been erratic in the past few weeks. As well as going to the Lakes, I turned 24, hosted a birthday party weekend and went on a little trip to Cardiff. More importantly, we lost...
