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Spiced Honey Roast Figs with Amaretti Mascarpone 26 Aug 2013 | 04:07 pm
As a little girl, a white wedding isn’t something I thought about that much. Other than the few obligatory years of being anti-boys, I was pretty sure I wanted to get married – to have the happiness m...
Camomile & Cantaloupe Granita with Lime Yoghurt Mousse 19 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
A couple of weeks ago I turned 29. In true little loaf style, I managed to draw the celebrations out for well over a week, beginning with a BBQ in the rain, through two lunches, dinner with friends an...
Real Homemade Honeycomb 12 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
When I was about five years old, my brother and I entered drawings into the consecutive age group categories of a children’s magazine competition. The theme was mothers and their babies and although I...
Chocolate & Hazelnut Ice Cream Bombes 5 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Every family has a set of favourite stories in rotation, the kind you tell at social gatherings, on meeting new people or simply to each other: a kind of comfortable, if slightly repetitive, recogniti...
Strawberry & Pimms Tarts with Cucumber Glaze 29 Jul 2013 | 11:00 am
After three straight weeks of sunshine (ok, plus the occasional shower, this is England after all), it feels like we’ve actually achieved a summer of sorts. As with anything weather related, this is a...
Honey Yoghurt Mousse with Apricot Thyme Compote 22 Jul 2013 | 01:33 pm
We spent this weekend just gone at my parents’ house in Italy (yes, if you clicked the link, I’m finally on Instagram and a little bit addicted, come join me!). High in the Tuscan mountains with littl...
Wholemeal Spelt & Coriander Flatbread 15 Jul 2013 | 11:00 am
There’s something about pre-packaged wraps that makes me sad. The cardboard cousin of plasticky sliced white, they’ve become synonymous with health in recent years, the ultimate ‘light lunch’ on the g...
Double Chocolate Coconut Ice Cream Cones 8 Jul 2013 | 12:00 pm
July has arrived and with it hot, flat beams of sunshine, the smell of sunscreen and the promise of good things to come. With my birthday just a few weeks away, this is a favourite month of mine, fore...
Maple Chocolate Pots with Olive Oil Thyme Crumble 1 Jul 2013 | 11:00 am
Hands up if you’re the person who always orders the chocolate option for dessert in a restaurant? Until recently, that was me. In fact I’d be lying if I said that I wouldn’t seriously consider someth...
Honey Almond Cake with Spiced Strawberry Sauce 24 Jun 2013 | 11:00 am
Summer and strawberries go hand in hand. Wimbledon, barbecues and, being a summer baby, birthdays are all synonymous with a strawberry or two in my mind, the season kick starting with that first sweet...
