Baby friendly Bara Brith recipe
Delicious, easy to make, refined sugar free bara brith. Kids and grown ups will love it
Cooking with Italian anchovies – flavour explosion
“The Fragrances of the earth, the taste of the sea” Anchovies are a staple of Italian coastal cuisine. Whether salted, marinated, fresh or in olive oil, they are a versatile ingredient and a beautifully tasty fish, used in a multitude of recipes. A comprehensive and very interesting article recently written by my sister (allow me to blow my own family’s trumpet!) highlights how much they are part of our heritage, and the difference between ‘alici’ and ‘acciughe’ and how far…
A recipe – Coconut & banana loaf
Vegetarian cake, why not The health food trend seems to have died down, just a bit at least. The likes of Deliciously Ella and Hemsley Hemsley diversifying their offering into something other than just ‘water and air’ food things. Yet when I recently stumbled upon one of these recipes, I thought it actually sounded quite appetising and decided to give it a go, of course, modifying some of the ingredients as my usual. I pimped it up with cocoa nibs…
How to make soap at home with left over coffee grounds
An unusual recipe and not one for eating… A few years ago, after a trip to Borneo, I started boycotting palm oil in food and cosmetics and generally in anything it is found because seeing the destruction of what used to be rain forest for miles and miles and seeing these beautiful and poor orangutans in the rehabilitation centre at Sepilok was simply shocking. Shortly after, I started making my own soap too, first easy melt and pour things which…
Meaty involtini with Grana Padano and San Daniele ham
Memories One of the most vivid dishes I remember from when I was really young was something my grand ma used to make, amongst other (many) delicious things. I remember staying over in her beautiful home, full of really old stuff (she’d live there since before WWII), lots of places to hide and seek, old post cards in boxes, old books, and a window overlooking the street below, called rampe. I used to sit at that window in the dark…