cooking up a storm at the edge of the world
Some months ago a friend asked me, in response to a conversation about hiding vegetables in chocolate cakes (namely my chocolate courgette cake), if I’d ever tried black bean brownies. I’d never even heard of such a thing and immediately had to investigate.
I went for a beach walk yesterday, the last day of 2013. I hadn’t planned on going for a beach walk that day – my day was supposed to be spent blogging and tidying the house for visitors
Pound cake always reminds me of being a child. When I used to have a little extra pocket money (usually after selling picked wild berries to the neighbours) I’d head to our little village shop and buy a pound cake.
At the end of this summer I was presented with the opportunity to guest review a jam recipe book, which I accepted with delight.
I love chocolate fudge, especially this remarkably simple chocolate truffle fudge recipe. I love it a little bit too much so I usually only make it once a year around Christmas time, or else I’d eat it all and be the size of a house!
My regular readers will be aware that I participate in quite a few monthly food blogging challenges. These challenges provide a great opportunity to experiment with ingredients, encourage creativity and broaden ones food horizons. They sometimes introduce me to ingredients (and people) I never otherwise would have encountered, like today.
Get ready for the holiday season with whipped shortbread cookies. Learn how to make these delicious treats from scratch. These delicious, melt-in-the-mouth whipped shortbread cookies are topped with little dollops of frosting and a tiny glace cherry. They’re super easy to make, too. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 12 minutes Difficulty: Easy One of …
When I was a little girl date squares were a peculiar sweet that only old people ate.
I go ballroom dancing every week. I’ve been dancing on and off now for around ten years and I love it very, very much. It’s such a wonderful feeling to be gliding across the floor in a swirly dress dancing the Glen Roy foxtrot.
Make your Christmas extra special with this festive and delicious retro layered Christmas ribbon jello salad recipe. This vintage recipe is easy to prepare and perfect for holiday gatherings. Prep Time: 20 minutes Chilling Time: 6 hours Difficulty: Easy I loved Christmas as a child (and as an adult, I still do!). We always went …
Looking for a fun and unique treat for a Coraline-themed birthday party? Try these homemade button-shaped Oreo cookies! Recipe makes 18 x 2.5 inch cookies. Prep Time: 30 minutes Cooking Time: 20 minutes Difficulty: Easy This idea has been filed away in my head for several months now. I’ve wanted to make homemade Oreo cookies …
This FREE printable Coraline doll pattern contains everything you need to make your own 14-inch high fabric Coraline doll complete with blue hair, cheeky grin, dragonfly clip, yellow raincoat and boots. The daughter of a doll maker Among her numerous skills and talents, my mother turned her hand to doll making when I was a …
My daughter has inherited my tastes for all things quirky and odd. She’s as fond of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline (2002) (made into a film by Henry Selick in 2009) as I am, so when I asked if she might like a Coraline themed birthday cake this year I was delighted when she said yes.
Friday evening I had the great culinary pleasure of a sneak preview of the Shetland Food Fair, the newly relaunched foodie event of the year in Shetland!
My children have been nagging me for ages to make them packed lunches. I admit it, I’m pretty lazy and if I can get away with not doing something I will.
St. Ninian’s is the site of one of Shetland’s many perfect beaches and it is one of our favourite family escapes. The beach is the largest active tombolo in the UK connecting the mainland of Shetland, a remote archipelago in the North Sea, to St. Ninian’s Isle, a now uninhabited island.
I have a confession to make: I absolutely love Halloween. I love Halloween a bit more than a grown adult should love Halloween.
A gorgeous and vibrant spiced mustard relish made with green tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, cauliflower, celery and onions. My mother used to make this recipe when I was a child growing up in Cape Breton. Prep Time: 2 hours Cooking Time: 1 hour Difficulty: Moderate Green tomatoes, can you eat them? Green tomatoes are not something …
Nearly twenty years ago I sat at my grandmother’s dining room table in rural Eastern Canada scoffing slabs of home made pumpkin bread thick with butter and chatting about this, that and the other thing, as granddaughters are wont to do with their grandmothers.
Here you have it: my new favourite breakfast. I’m fairly new to the whole eating-of-the-fresh-figs thing, being introduced to them only this year after I saw so many of my fellow food bloggers raving about them.
