It’s snowing! I stayed up watching the snowflakes fall until I dozed off asleep at 3am. Continue…
Baking & Pastry
Buckwheat kugel: it’s all in the noodle
Ashkenazi Jewish roots, plus an enthusiasm for smoked salmon-based breakfasts, Continue…
Chinese style pig-cheek baps
It’s time for floury white baps on #shortandtweet, and – with aromas of star anise, liquorice, and chilli Continue…
Puff the magic pastry: intro to puff and rough puff
A discourse on puff pastry, learnings about baking powder, and Dan Lepard’s Sausage Rolls Continue…
Rye apple cake; a Twitter Challenge
For the last 14 days, I have been sourcing flours, mixing, kneading, baking – and most importantly – eating, all thanks to Dan Lepard’s wonderful book The Handmade Loaf. Continue…
On vending machines & madeleines
There was something about a train timetable, memories and a cake. I recall slow progress, and frequent reference to the Collins Robert Dictionary. I wonder when it became impossible to mention a madeleine without also referring to Proust. Continue…