
pic: Kerstin Rodgers


February 1, 2026 Leave a Comment

pic: Kerstin Rodgers


January 13, 2026 Leave a Comment
I've been wanting to make a cheesecake for a while, mainly to convince my granddaughter that such a thing exists. I've also been wanting a go at a Basque style burnt cheesecake while at the same time ...

January 4, 2026 Leave a Comment
I turned my mum’s christmas risotto (smoked salmon and whisky) into air fryer arancini. This worked quite well (but let's be honest, it’s never as good as if it were deep fried). My sister styled ...

December 19, 2025 Leave a Comment
I've had a spate of biscuit baking with my granddaughter. Not American style biscuits mind, which are closer to scones, but British biscuits, as in the twice baked etymology of the word, meaning they ...

October 23, 2025 Leave a Comment
This will be a constantly evolving post, a series. I'm always looking for cheap restaurants in London. Here are a few recent places I've visited. Jincheng Alley - Sichuan This place is between ...

January 20, 2025 2 Comments
The future of farming In Scotland, farming is looking to the future. Farmer William Rose, from Midcoul Farms, Inverness, is a third generation farmer; he is one of two major Scottish producers of ...

November 5, 2024 Leave a Comment
I had these at the Budapest Saturday flea market while wandering around the antique and vintage stalls. I liked them so much I wanted to recreate them at home. I do love anything poppy seed - it's ...

October 28, 2024 Leave a Comment
I got the bare bones of this recipe from a paprika farmer Agota Hodi, when I visited her farm in Szeged, the border area of Hungary with Romania. Szeged along with Kalocsa area are the traditional ...

July 29, 2024 Leave a Comment
Viennese whirls don't come from Austria but from England. However the texture was inspired by the Spritzgebäck biscuit, also in a whirl shape and with a similar dry crumbly almost shortbread ...
