I am making fig and walnut biscotti! from this recipe by deb over at smitten kitchen. again. i am in love with her. for five days over new year I had five teenage girls staying in my teeny flat. three from poland and two from croatia. they were here for the taize conference. they were…
For the last few years it has been a “tradition” for me to make these dinner rolls on Christmas Eve. The recipe comes via my American aunt Barb (the fact that she is American is not important to this recipe, but I have two aunt Barbaras so it’s important to distinguish) and she insists that…
I have always really disliked mushrooms. If there were mushrooms in the dish, however small mum had chopped them, I would painstakingly pick them all out and pass the little pile on the side of my plate to her (my dad was doing exactly the same to Jen). I decided about a year ago that…
Yes, it is raining. Yes, it is already getting gloomy and dark at only 4pm. Yes, I have had the heating on all day and my feet are still cold. But autumn means sweet potatoes, butternut squash, parsnips, pumpkins, and an excuse to make my favourite apple spice muffins. And there is nothing better on…
I know you have been missing my baking posts.There have been some good ones… Reason is, I can’t find my camera. It is an old thing that I inherited from Ellie when she bought a shiny new one but I do miss it. I cannot for the life of me remember what I have done…
I told you last week about my friend Toby who has been challenging us at The Well each week with a new environmental challenge, encouraging us to take a closer look at what impact our lifestyle is having on the world we are stewards of. For me this is fundamentally a human issue. What state…
