Every country has some foods that are instantly recognised as being associated with it – for instance, in England it is going to be roast beef and Yorkshire Puddings, or maybe fish and chips; Japan is probably sushi. France? Maybe Foie gras or cheeses such as Camembert and Brie. Argentina is famous for its meat, [...]
Continue reading about Dulce de leche – Argentina’s iconic sweet spread.
With the best will in the world, no family can eat an entire Christmas Pudding. Not even when it is one made by my aunt… the world’s best Christmas Pudding maker, ever. All that love, skill and years of practice to make a lovely pudding …. you need to use it up to the last [...]
When I was young my mother would sometimes make cheese if milk had started to sour. Not a matured cheddar cheese or anything like that but a simple, home-made, fresh cheese, just as people have done all over the world whenever they have had spare or spoiling or leftover dairy products. It’s easy enough – all [...]
Those lovely people at Total Greek Yoghurt sent me a big delivery of yoghurt so that I could try out recipes….. Yoghurt has been made for over 4,500 years and is eaten all over the world – for many adults, milk is hard to digest and yoghurt is perhaps the only way that milk can [...]
I do so love a Saturday – there’s the knowledge that you still have Sunday to come and that tonight you can treat yourself knowing that the weekend is still stretching ahead…. I have a really horrible cough (caught while in hospital) with no Bear about to look after me so I need something that will [...]
This morning I realised, as I struggled to get dressed with only one working arm, I would have to make things easier on myself. If I did do a loaf as normal, even calling in help to get it out of the oven, I probably wouldn’t be able to slice it. I could gnaw at [...]
Continue reading about Churn baby, churn… Or, how to make butter
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