Christmas cake and our top Christmassy foods
Stuck for what to buy at Christmas? In the run up to Christmas 2014 we’ll be adding to this page, to give you 12 delicious foodie ideas. Check back often!
Category Archives: Desserts, baking and sweets
Kitchen inspiration and Candied Peel Recipe
I guess we’ve all been there. We’ve bought something from a well known kitchen store that claims to solve that problem you didn’t really know you had. After a few uses, it sits in the drawer and you forget about it. Having been in France for a few months, I’ve…
Classic Summer Pudding
Nothing says summertime quite like the classic seasonal dessert that is Summer Pudding. This mountain of juicy ripe fruit and sweet syrup looks spectacular yet is quite simple to make. No unusual ingredients are required, simply white bread, fruit and sugar but the end result is far greater than the…
Kaffebiskvier: cooking with coffee & using the new Carte Noire espresso capsules
Carte Noire has made a range of espresso capsules that work with Nespresso* machines. I’ve got a Krups Nespresso Citiz, an easy to use machine that produces great coffee every time. When I saw a call for blogger to test and review Nespresso-compliant capsules from Carte Noire, I was intrigued…
Macaron Masterclass at La Barantine
Tucked away in Bruntsfield is the gorgeous La Barantine patisserie and cafe. The atmosphere is welcoming, warm and friendly – a true corner of France in Edinburgh and a great place to have a relaxing coffee. In addition to some marvelous cakes, tarts and sandwiches, you’re bound to find a…
Simple biscuits two ways – mixing up recipes
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…
Galette de rois – Celebrating the Twelfth Night “à la française”
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…
Pâtisserie by Murielle Valette
Our guest blogger is Vohn McGuinness who blogs over at Vohn’s Vittles. Edinburgh Foody kindly sent me the new book Patisserie: A Step-by-step Guide to Baking French Pastries at Home by Murielle Valette to review. It is, quite simply, a beautiful book with stunning photographs throughout. Ms Valette is from a family…
Our top 7 Christmas recipes
I know, you’re already feeling a bit overwhelmed about all you need to achieve before Christmas. Most of these recipes can be done in stages and just think of the look on the faces of family and friends who try your handiwork! Here are our top 7 that you can…
Quick and easy ice-cream cake – use what’s at hand
My favourite foodie saying is “man tager vad man haver“. It’s a much quoted and miss-quoted saying attributed to Cajsa Warg, Sweden’s first celebrity chef, who published “Housekeeping Assistance for Young Women” in 1755. The quote translates as “use what you have”. It’s excellent advice in the kitchen. It reminds…