Monthly Archives: May 2008
Baby Chocolate Cakes
My kitchen is cramped, no, more than that it is ugly. Ugly to use, and ugly to look at. Hooray for the joys of renting, but I guess it is the luck of the draw (and the dollar) the lovely Miss P is also renting, but she has a beautiful kitchen, so when she asked [...]
Baked Eggs, I’m in love.
How do you do Sunday Breakfast? If I want to make a fancy cooked breakfast it often turns into second breakfast, or even lunch. As much as I love cooking I despair at even the sight of pots and pans, bleary eyed and yearning for coffee and familiarity. I need a sit down and a [...]
What have I been eating?
What have I been eating? To be honest, I don’t really know. A bit of this, too much of that and just a smidge of that, I swear. Kathryn over at Limes and Lycopene has been listing the variety of foods she eats drawing attention to the realities of a well rounded and balanced diet. [...]
Polenta, fig, rosemary and Pine Nut – The Cake I nearly didn’t make. AKA the frying pan cake.
Oh, and this is my entry for this months ‘Waiter, there’s something in my…’ fruit and nuts. I can’t for the life of me tell you why I wanted to make this cake. The ingredients appeal to me mostly, separately, but combined? Why? In fact, I almost didn’t make it, see its true, I admit [...]
Potato Love
Potatoes love rosemary. It is that simple. Add some olive oil and sea salt and they, along with those destined to eat them, will be in heaven. The smells wafting from the kitchen are almost too much to bear. I’m ready to eat dinner and its only 5:30pm.