Cinnamon sugar-topped scones
While my first port of call in an crisis would often be the comfort of cinnamon rolls, when there’s no opportunity for yeast to take its sweet time, these cinnamon sugar-topped scones are a...
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Covid chooks, cake and catastrophising: a month of our new normal
At the start I was frozen, pinned to the moment by that first big announcement about the schools closing. I was in work, listening online to Leo broadcasting live from Washington (“Can I speak...
Easter baking: Choc chip hot cross buns
When all around is madness, the kitchen – its rituals and habits – can be sanity. I’m not talking about the must-do-everyday breakfasts and lunches and dinners and snacks (why on earth do children...
Sprinkle cupcakes for when you’re off school
When she first got off school, Little Missy decided that she wanted her own food blog space so – with very limited editing and the first pic taken by her – here’s her first...
Cheese, chocolate & black pudding: Irish Food Writers’ Guild Awards 2020
Three simple products: cheese, chocolate and black pudding. When done right, when made by people who care deeply about provenance, about craft and about the food that they produce, these can be sublime. Cheesemaker...
The simplest (gluten free) chocolate tart
This chocolate tart takes minutes to put together, can be gluten free and – most importantly – has a gorgeous contrast between the gloriously smooth chocolate ganache filling and the textured, crunchy oatcake crust.
10 things that I wish I could bring back from NZ
Proper flat whites. Failing that, proper long blacks with CMOS (aka cold milk on the side, according to the bill!). Camping breakfasts of bacon and eggs on a sunshiny Saturday morning. Brewpubs like Wellington’s...
ALL the Christmas cookies
It started – as many things do – with one person. We all have a few of these in our lives: a dear friend and former colleague who was impossible to buy presents for....