Friday, September 30th, 2011
I made Quince Cheese yesterday. I psyched myself up for a session by the stove, in the heat, convinced that I’d be there for hours and end up having to throw my maslin pan out as I’d made boiled sweets. But no! As you can see it turned out exactly how I thought it should [...]
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
I have inadvertently stumbled upon a way to bring sunshine in to my home in the depths of January. It was Sunday and the sky was filling up with a January grey. January has a different light to the one before Christmas and it can seem less than cosy. I look towards Spring at this [...]
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Good morning! Can you see me squinting in the sun? Those eyes are tired eyes. Eyes that are a wee bit itchy all day long. Eyes that don’t fully open no matter how much coffee or tea I drink. On Saturday morning Robert woke up with the babies and gently tried to wake me up. [...]
Monday, August 10th, 2009
Hello! I’ve been looking forward to this week’s batch of postings. I’m doing something I’ve never done before which is a whole week based on the the same subject – a THEMED week. And the theme is? Jam. For the whole of this week we’re celebrating the summeriest of summer kitchen activities – making Strawberry [...]
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
It’s Day Two of Jam Week and today we’re actually going to make some of the good stuff. *To begin with have all of your weighed ingredients and equipment out in front of you (you can find a weight conversion chart here) If you haven’t made jam before (and even if you have) then this [...]
