Snow and Salt
Last week I got to enjoy a rare luxury. Not the actual maracons themselves, but the luxury of free time. My year at work has been rather fraught (in the understated British sense, which means...
View ArticleOpen Sesame!
I tried my hand at Moroccan gazelle horn cookies recently, and one reader left a comment suggesting that they can also be made rather more easily with sesame seeds instead of the fiddly pastry way. I...
View ArticleHey Hey, it’s 17 May!
I’ve been on a bit of a blogging hiatus recently, which has been due to a perfect storm of holidays (yay!) sandwiched in between busy days at work (boo!), and an increasing busy social life as finally...
View ArticleDe Zeeuwse Knop
What, you may be wondering, is a Zeeuwse Knop? The names translates as the “Zeeland button” and is a traditional piece of jewellery from Zeeland, the most south-westerly provide of the Netherlands. The...
View ArticleQueen Victoria
Oh we Brits love a bit of royal history. Henry VIII and his six wives, the rivalry between the stoical English Elizabeth I and her rather more flirty Scottish cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, the...
View ArticleMidsummer Cardamom Twists
If you’re in London right now or have visited recently, it may come as something of a shock to learn that it is midsummer. Sure, we’ve had a few warm days, but the skies are still leaden, with...
View ArticleBelgian Buns
The eyes of the world might be on London in anticipation of a certain new baby, but today saw another royal development across the English Channel in Belgium. Today is Belgian National Day, and after...
View ArticleChocolate & Nut Biscotti
By now you will have noticed that I get my ideas for my posts from a wide variety of places, events and travels. It’s great to come up with my own ideas, or my take on some of the classics, but it’s...
View ArticleBath Buns
A few months ago I turned my hand to Sally Lunn buns, a rich bread associated with the English city of Bath. When I made them, I promised to have a go at another bun that hails from the same place....
View ArticleSwedish Pancakes
When it comes to Scandinavian food, it’s all to easy to fawn over the cool aesthetic of places like Noma or think that it’s all about cinnamon buns. However, something that I really like is one of the...
View Article{3} Giant Ginger Cookies
For the third day of Christmas baking, we’re going to continue with the crinkle theme I featured earlier in the week, but instead leave the richness of chocolate for the warm spicy flavour of ginger....
View Article{5} Hálfmánar (Half-Moons)
Today’s recipe hails from Iceland, which in previous years has provided some unusual and delicious ideas for Christmas. These things are called hálfmánar, or half-moons (far easier to type). I got this...
View Article{7} Pizzelle
Oooh, that’s a big one! This is the rather innuendo-laden comment that someone at work made when a large package (snigger) arrived at my office a month ago. Clearly the various items that I order...
View Article{8} Linzer Biscuits
Linzer biscuits are just about the most festive thing that you can make at this time of the year. Spiced, nutty pastry filled with bright red raspberry jam, and with snow-like icing sugar. And they are...
View Article{10} Kringel (Estonian Christmas Ring)
Today’s bake moves away from the world of biscuits and into traditional yeasted celebration loaves. This is something called Kringel and (from the limited amount that Google was able to tell me) it...
View Article{11} Pepparkakor
Many years ago, when I arrived in Stockholm to study there for a year, I discovered pepperkakor, Swedish spicy gingerbread biscuits. Admittedly, I arrived there in August, and it was not really until...
View ArticleOrange and Yuzu Teacakes
Three years ago, I was at the Christmas market on Place Sainte-Catherine in Brussels. It was the sort of place where you easily go overboard on all that mulled wine and the naughty festive sweets and...
View ArticleGingerbread
When I moved house, I vowed that I would have the sort of garden that you might see in one of the glossy magazines. Nothing incredibly elaborate mind you, but with a nicely-kept lawn, and strategically...
View ArticleKulich
Have you been able to enjoy some good weather recently? In the last few weeks, things seem to be warming up, and my garden is full of the joys of spring – the clematis is heavy with pale pink blooms,...
View ArticleSecret Chocolate (Not Brazil) Nut Brownies
It’s the Fourth of July, and who could resist a tray of soft, squidgy chocolate brownies? Given that we’re all a little bit obsessed with the World Cup at the moment, when I first thought of posting...
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