You’ll know that I am passionate about baking bread. But it is quite a challenge to bake a good gluten free loaf. If you don’t bake like my tester R, you’re always looking for a good tasty gluten free product. But it’s not simply bread. There are times when you…
I’m a food blogger, so I take food seriously, not just what I eat, but where I eat it and how it’s cooked. Also, I cook. Most of the food I eat is made in from scratch. Not that we don’t use shortcuts: I’m a huge fan of tinned tomatoes…
One Saturday morning, Mr EF and I found ourselves having a massage. Definitely not the thing we do usually of a weekend, but it was extremely relaxing. We’d be invited to dine at EH15 restaurant with its stunning views of the citywith a chance to experience the spa and pool…
We’re trying to eat more healthily which means that we’ve stopped buying biscuits. One night when I really fancied something sweet with the after dinner coffee I grabbed my favourite old cookbook and looked for a biscuit recipe. I found kolakakor (toffee biscuits) and set out to make it. Of…
I am already won over when I walk in to the restaurant out of the freezing air into a gloriously warm space. I later find that the temperature is set to Australian temperature, co-owner Georgie Binder’s native country. Blackfriars Bar and Restaurant is located just off the Royal Mile in…
Hotel Missoni (now the G & V Hotel) sits just off the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. The Bar has a very different vibe from other hotel bars. It is a functional space where you can meet colleagues or wait for a friend to come out of the shower, as you’d…
A few days ago, I tweeted that the Robert Burns World Federation have designated 2014 Year of the Haggis. A friend of mine immediately tweeted back “Why? Ewww”. I guess I can forgive him as he’s in California. I replied with my usual “Try it, just think of it as a…
La galette des rois (literally the King’s cake) is the cake to celebrate Twelfth Night in France and one of my favourite French seasonal cakes. We eat it generally every weekend of January because it is a good occasion to celebrate with friends and family and one day is not…
I read recently, that if you cut down the amount of salt you have in your diet, it takes 3 months before it makes any difference. So our rush each January to resolve to eat more healthily and for us to see a difference within a few weeks is probably…
At this time of year, we start thinking about vacations. Let me introduce you to a place that is the capital of cutlery and rather unexpected. A unexpected city We are walking through the centre of the old town in Thiers ‘the cutlery capital” of France. Thiers is located not…
