It is a horrible rainy day and the builders in the house over the road started drilling at 6.45am this morning and still haven’t stopped. On mornings like this, my sanity demands that I fit in some emergency baking before I leave the house for work (which needs to happen in five minutes) So I…
I got to spend a wonderful 24 hours this weekend with Hannah, one of my best friends from Uni. Friday night we found a fantastic restaurant on Place Chatelain and Rasmus and I ordered the same thing from the long menu without my realising until the plates arrived. This is because both our French is…
does anyone know what these are called? I love them, they are so light and melt-in-your-mouth sweet… I spotted them in a patisserie in Montmatre while we were wandering around, trying to escape the crowds of tourists, and when I asked for two she told me they were sold in batches of either 6 for…
The June Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Jasmine of Confessions of a Cardamom Addict and Annemarie of Ambrosia and Nectar. They chose a Traditional (UK) Bakewell Tart… er… pudding that was inspired by a rich baking history dating back to the 1800’s in England. So if you saw my post a little while ago,…
If you know me at all, you know I like to bake. Big understatement. I LOVE to bake. But I often find myself repeating the same or similar recipes. So to challenge myself a bit, I just joined this online community called the Daring Bakers. Don’t you love the name? The idea is that at…
…this is one of the plus sides of living in such an international city – you get to try food you would never normally even think of! Last night Larisa invited us ladies for dinner at her gorgeous apartment. It was such a wonderful evening of eating, chatting, debating deep issues, laughing at silly things……