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On a Blog’s Birthday

Dearest blog,

You are officially 2 years old today. That’s 731 days (as we are in the midst of a leap year). That’s quite a milestone and we must celebrate, since I must rather shamefully admit that I don’t think we celebrated or even acknowledged your first birthday. So first of all…

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY!

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On the (not so) Humble Fruit Salad

Fruit salad. So easy to make, anyone can make it. Right?

Well yes, I suppose so. You can just cut up a bunch of fruit and mix it together in a bowl.

And maybe add a bit of sugar to help bring out some of the fruit juices.

And you end up with … a [...]

On the Decadence of Toffee

“Do you do Banoffee Pie?” That simple question from a client set the whole thing off.

Of COURSE we do Banoffee Pie – we’re caterers and (more importantly) food lovers. That’s our job. What I had never done however was make my own toffee. Gooey, rich, creamy, completely decandent toffee – also [...]

On the Fish That Didn’t Get Away

This is the tale of a boy and his quest to catch a really big fish.

It was an idyllic summer holiday for this particular boy and his sister. A long airplane journey, time in Vancouver catching up with grandparents, aunties, uncles & two particularly adorable cousins, then two weeks at the other grandma and [...]

On a Pizza Challenge

Those of you with children will know how much fun it can be – NOT - to have your little ones accompany you to the supermarket. Aisles and aisles of tempting treats that turn kids into “I want” monsters. And I will admit that on far too regular a basis I find myself compromising and buying them [...]

On Inspiration and Chorizo

Inspiration comes in many forms. When it comes to cooking it might come from a cookbook, or a TV programme, or some particularly nice ingredients one may have picked up at a market/shop/found lurking in the back of a kitchen cupboard… or it might come from somewhere else. I’ve just come out the other side of [...]

On Two Kinds of Christmas Cookies

We all make mistakes in the kitchen, or at least I like to think we do. I certainly do. I’m not talking about deliberately making a change to a recipe or doing some random experimenting. I’m talking about misreading an amount or an ingredient in a recipe, or over/undercooking something, or trying to do too [...]

On Apple Pie and Motherhood

When you die, if you get a choice between going to regular heaven or pie heaven, choose pie heaven. It might be a trick, but if it’s not, ummmm, boy.

I don’t know if any of you remember Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. It was a 90s phenomenon – books, greeting cards, etc. I [...]

On Appleberry Crumble

What dessert, for you, is the ultimate comfort dessert? You know, the kind of dessert that’s not necessarily elegant and may not be art on a plate, but is homey and just makes you feel happy when you eat it. For me it’s either a fruit pie or fruit crumble, which if you think about [...]

On the Treasure Chest Birthday Cake

The boy turned 8 on the weekend. Eight. Not 7 any more, and 6 seems like it was decades ago. He’s definitely no longer a baby, or a toddler, or a little boy even. Nope, he’s 8, which is really just thisclose to 10. Scary. I always have mummy moments around my kids’ birthdays – [...]