A rather flat result…or why baking powder is important

Imagine…..it is Saturday afternoon, and the smell of baking fills the air. The sun is shining, and we go outside … More

This week’s small pleasures: week 29

I started to think about what this week’s small pleasures had been on Sunday morning. It hadn’t been a particularly … More

Not that I really need an excuse to spend time in the kitchen baking, but a forthcoming bake sale at … More

This week could have been labelled ‘scone week’. There was a tasty cranberry scone at Floriditas on Cuba Street, a … More

For some reason, maybe the good weather, maybe there was something in the air, this weekend we picked up different … More

There are certain foods that have a way of transporting us to different times and places. One whiff of baking … More

Time for this month’s round up of what I’ve been watching, listening to and reading. It has been a glorious … More

Anyone else agree that 2016 seems to be traveling along at great speed? I can’t believe it is already March…before … More

This week I read a really lovely piece in The New Yorker on food in literature, about the joy of … More

It’s been a cold and wet week, after Monday being such a gorgeous day. There has been flooding down south … More