Most religions have designated times of the year for fasting or feasting – Orthodox Christianity as practised in Cyprus is no exception. One of the earliest Christian countries, St Paul and St Barnabas journeyed to Cyprus in 45 AD to spread the word. Greek Cypriots take Lent very seriously, Many people fast, avoiding meat, and…
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Easter pinata cake recipe
Coming up to Easter, I want to use eggs. Eggs are so useful and versatile. They bind, they expand, they emulsify. They come in two parts, yolk and white, can be eaten raw or cooked, can be used in sweet or savoury recipes. Eggs were used by medieval painters, tempera, as paint. The shells can…
Chocolate ‘nest’ dessert recipe for Easter and nominations for awards
This recipe is very simple, but you do need silicon cupcake cups for it. I talk about what wine goes with chocolate in my April column on Winetrust100. Go here for the recipe I’m on book deadline this month, so posts may be shorter than usual. I’ve not yet talked about my trip to Botswana…
Longitude 20 >35 degrees: Global Feast arrives in Eastern Europe
Frank Fforde runs Rodborough supper club, from an eponymous village in Gloucestershire. His grandmother is half Polish so he is our guest chef for the Global Feast East European night. Since Eastern Europe joined the European Union and many came to live and work in Britain, we’ve seen the rise of the Polish shop. One of my…
Easter brunch under the lilac tree
More hot cross buns… …spread with homemade rhubarb compote and extra salty butter… It was my dad’s birthday: here he is being kissed by his old friend Lyn who used to work on Nationwide and knew Fanny Craddock. Fanny was gripping TV but incredibly difficult to work with, he said. His wife Val Lewis has…
The night before Easter 4/4/09
Easter tartlets for Sunday The home-made marzipan balls for the chocolate simnel cake. Jam an orange into a glass to prepare the balls. I also found myself making the mini easter eggs at 7.15pm just as guests were arriving. It was hard to find a mould…I got the last one from Lakeland plastics. You dip…
Projected Easter menu for this Saturday 11th April
Kir Royale My marinated olives Thai fish cakes with a sweet and sour coriander and cucumber dipping sauce Focaccia from the Aga Stilton and butternut squash risotto aided by Marghe Mache (lambs leaf) salad with quails eggs and mustard dressing Chocolate simnel cake Baby Easter eggs Coffee May do some more pretzels if I get…
Pretzels for Easter
Researching Easter menus, I see that pretzels are associated with Easter. The shape of them represents someone in prayer with their arms folded. Pretzel Recipe: 1 tbsp Yeast 1 tbsp Sugar 1 tsp Salt 1 cup warm water 2 3/4 cups flour Once the yeast, mixed with the cup of warm water and the sugar,…
An interview with Felicity Cloake
As the author of the weekly Guardian column ‘How to make the perfect…’ Felicity Cloake, at a mere 36 years old, is fast reaching national treasure status. Fair-skinned with laughing eyes, originally from Hertfordshire, she lives in North London on the Caledonian Rd. With the publication of her latest book ‘One more croissant for the…
Sour Cherry Strudel recipe
Proper strudels are made from very thin pastry rolled out so thin it will stretch over a table like a vast floury cloth. It should be so fine that you could read a newspaper through it. I’ve seen it made from scratch in Vienna at the Demel Coffee House. This elastic pastry is related to…