Christmas Cake – no excuses, you can make your own
Why not make your own Christmas cake? It’s so easy – soak the ingredients for a week and add to the cake mixture – easy!
Category Archives: Recipes
Love cooking: Cooking as entertainment?
The Playhouse Theatre was the rather unlikely location for a day of cookery demonstrations by TV chefs this week. In such a large theatre, could an audience do the chefs justice? After rather cringing at the Tiggerish personality of Olly the “wine guy” from Saturday kitchen (did he have to…
Soup for beginners – a bad idea, or a good one?
Celebrate National Cupcake week with Red Velvet Cupcakes
Writing a cook book: workshop with Nell Nelson
Nell Nelson shared her experiences in cook book publishing at a workshop at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. She even shared a humus recipe with us – and you’ll find it here.
Dumpling dipping sauce
The Swedish Trilogy, 3: Crispbread
Looking for something different for lunch? With the perfect crispbread. you can make a wonderful open sandwich.
The Swedish Trilogy, 2: Snaps
A important part of any Swedish buffet dinner, snaps is surprisingly easy to make – in a couple of months it will be ready for drinking.
The Swedish Trilogy, 1: Coffee
Swedes like their coffee hot and strong, very strong. You’ll find three different ways to prepare it and a delicious recipe for chocolate balls.
Muesli – a healthy breakfast recipe
Fed up with boring breakfast, I started making my own muesli. You can too in this easy recipe