Archive for the 'Sweetness' Category
Summer Roast Chicken
As is now traditional, whenever we arrive home from a holiday, we cook roast chicken. It’s a comforting dish and one we always look forward to, particularly when we’ve been away and eating unusual foods.
Neither of us particularly wanted roast potatoes – it was hot and we had eaten a lot of bad foods [...]
World Cup Cuisine – USA Burgers and Pecan Pie
So, onto the USA, which is of course well known for burgers, amongst other things. As it was such a lovely day, we continued the barbecue theme. My sister and her husband came round to visit and brought my little niece along, who ran around a lot and tired everyone out, but it [...]
Read More..>>World Cup Cuisine – South African Milk Tart
Kerri and I came up with a rather ambitious plan for the World Cup – to try to cook the food of the participants on the day that they were playing. We figured that we could probably get through roughly half of the countries involved, which is probably a bit over-ambitious but something to [...]
Read More..>>Rosewater Pavlova with Lavender Scented Rhubarb
When I realised I had nine egg whites in the freezer and plenty of people to feed over the weekend, I decided to make a pavlova. I divided the egg whites in half so that I had about 4.5 and adjusted the sugar, mixed it up, added some rosewater and some pink food [...]
Read More..>>Wedding Food
Stephen’s cousin got married on Saturday and at the reception we ate a goats cheese tart with caramelised onions and a red onion chutney followed by roast lamb with wild mushrooms and fondant potato. Dessert began with a creme brulee with strawberries and a sugary tuille and was followed by home-made tablet.
All of the [...]
Read More..>>Bonfire Food
This title was suggested by my brother and it’s very apt, not just because we cooked the brownies and cheesecake to take to a bonfire party.
Our oven is broken and we’re waiting for a new one to be fitted. Having suggested we take dessert along to the afore-mentioned bonfire party on Saturday night, Stephen [...]
L’Artisan du Chocolat
If we were going to be anywhere in Kent on a nice sunny Saturday afternoon then it would be a safe bet that nine times out of ten we would find ourselves driving down to the seaside or somewhere scenic rather than an industrial estate in Ashford, as we did a week ago. However, [...]
Read More..>>L’Artisan du Chocolate Space Collection
Look at him! He’s so cute that he’s been in my possession for three days now and I still haven’t been able to bring myself to eat him. Actually, Stephen wouldn’t let me eat him anyway, such as his love for all things space-related. He used to collect space Lego, did you know [...]
Read More..>>The Bull and Last
After a week of intensive meat-eating in the Lake District, the very last thing we should have been doing was eating another big, meat-heavy meal. We had already booked this some time ago, as part of Dine with Dos Hermanos so, we made our way to Highgate feeling slightly apprehensive and very guilty about [...]
Read More..>>Cumbrian Ice-Cream
In the weeks leading up to our week in the Lake District, various important meetings and conversations took place where we discussed the finer points of the trip. Who was driving who? Who was taking their barbecue along? Who would be in charge of finances? Most importantly though was the Ice-Cream Council, a prestigious [...]
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