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…
Whilst I love “properly made” coffee, there are occasions when instant will do nicely. I’ve been drinking the same brand of coffee for oodles of years. In fact, I would rather not have coffee at all than drink other brands of coffee. So, it has been a very pleasant surprise…
On our first day in Split, Croatia, we meet Robert. He’s been busy organising tours for us during our visit. Before we set off to meet our guide Sonia, we have coffee. “Let’s go and buy a cake to eat with our coffee.” suggests Robert. It appears that rather than…
Are you entering the first ever World Bread Awards? With categories for the professional and home baker, it celebrates the very best of real bread. There are just two months to go before the awards, sponsored by Tiptree, close to entries on 31 August 2013. Ever up for a challenge,…
I’ve been making bread since my early twenties. Just recently though, I’ve become obsessed. Why do I make bread? The taste is just amazing and it’s so good for you. It’s also great to share with friends and colleagues although there I nearly caused an upset recently when Mr EF…
An academic friend of mine, Professor Hazel Hall teaches a class at Edinburgh Napier University on Knowledge Management. At the start of the course, she announces that the class will be learning to knit. Some of the students get written instructions, some get instructions with illustrations and the remaining ones…
The inspiration for this recipe came from Lovecrumbs chocolate brownies and also a sample I received from Sopexa who are promoting French glacé cherries. There’s a recipe leaflet you can download that’s really aimed at the catering industry as it assumes you have a Thermomix! Being a sucker for beautifully wrapped gifts (the cherries came…
The Hairy Bikers went to Norway on their ‘bakeation’ this year, and Jamie Oliver went to Sweden last year. Scandinavian cuisine is having a moment (as Steffi Dellner pointed out in Prospect Magazine). I had noticed too and I was thinking about what makes Scandinavia hip at the moment. My…
It’s great to get a parcel through the post. The team at Octopus Publishing must have thought I needed something to make me smile. Opening the package and finding inside “Dress your Cookie” certainly did. Decorating cookies could very well become the next craze after cupcakes. The book by Joanna…
I’m sure I am not alone in having at least one person in the family who has dietary requirements of some sort. A sweeping statement, but I think it is pretty easy to cater for the vegetarian, but when you are faced with gluten intolerance it can be more tricky.…
