For the love of food
I love olives and I love chocolate but I’ve never loved the two together in one mouthful. Stay with me I’m going somewhere good, somewhere wonderful in fact because combined in baked-good deliciousness, these two are an unlikely but perfect pair. The matchmaker extraordinaire, Mr pine nut, brings them together in crunchy harmony. If you [...]
Chewy, no-bake biscuits crusted with coconut and topped with a smooth, rich, chocolate ganache finished with a dusting of desiccated coconut. Sounds mouth-watering doesn’t it? It sounds like something you could only have one of because they must be seriously naughty. It would appear that if you have a lack of self control when it [...]
This time in three weeks, Will and I will be on a plane heading over to New York City! We’re more than a little excited. The planning is well and truly underway and we’ve gone so overboard as to plot every place we want to go on a map. Restaurants have their own colour so [...]
I hope all the mothers out there had a wonderful day yesterday. We started the day celebrating with 10,000 other people at the Mother’s Day Classic walk for breast cancer. It was so wonderful to see so many people turn out to support a cause. Of course there was eating to be done after that [...]
I think maybe one of the reasons people think bread baking must be hard is that there are often so many steps in the recipe. In truth though, most of those steps require as much work as covering a bowl and sitting down with a cup of tea and your favourite book. The list may [...]
Today is a very special day for two, very special reasons. Today is The Twins’ Birthday! They’re celebrating in serious style with a pink party tomorrow and my goodness you should see the preparations. I was called in to help with baking yesterday and would you believe, between three of us (adults I mean – [...]
Warm molten chocolate oozes from the center as you glide your spoon through the chocolate cake-like layer. Keep that image in your mind while you read this post ok? If you had to think of your go-to dessert for a serious indulgence what would it be? For me, I can’t go past chocolate fondant or runny [...]
Don’t tell mum and dad but I was a bit of an unconventional uni student. Apart from the few lecturers and tutors who I loved and sat there soaking up their every word like a sponge, I wasn’t all that good at attending classes. It’s not that I was a terrible wagger, blase and never [...]
It’s almost instinctive. I can smell it in the air. As soon as the chill arrives, so too does the sweet, rosy fruit and its myriad of dessert combinations. It’s the meeting of the soft, sweet fruit, still with a little bite and the crunchy, golden topping that sucks me in. Serve it to me [...]
We’re leaving Morocco today and hitting the high seas. Head to the port at Tangir, in the north of Morocco, jump on the ‘fast ferry’ and 2 hours later you will find yourself in the land of senoritas and paella . There are a some similarities between Spanish and Moroccan food, the two countries being [...]
Back when I had a ‘real’ job, my favourite day of the week wasn’t Friday like most people (although only just), it was Wednesday for on Wednesdays the area under my building was transformed as tents went up, trailers rolled in and people set up their wares. On Wednesdays from 10 am you will walk [...]
Can you smell the cinnamon wafting from your screen? Does it make you want to reach in and grab a little piece and pop it greedily into your mouth? I want to but you know I can’t resist anything with cinnamon in it. It probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise that I chose [...]
I am Claire & I love food. Here you'll find my favourite recipes, tips, tricks, restaurants & plates full of frivolity with the odd crafty post. New inspiration posted daily.
