You guys! I’ve been working on something which, clearly, has not been this site. And I’m not the slightest bit sorry, either. I’ve been starting a new business! (Yes, again. Remember the first one?) Introducing Good Hope Rusks, my updated take on a traditional South African rusk. What’s a rusk? It’s a crunchy, baked biscuit, [...]
This sauce is something I mentioned in passing ages ago, but I assume nobody took much notice of it then. And honestly, I almost forgot about it myself. Flipping through my omnibus notebook now and then, I’d notice the quickly scribbled recipe – a vague list of ingredients, really – and remember how good it [...]
Some scenes from my wild New Year’s Eve, pleasantly spent at home in the company of a slightly under-the-weather boyfriend. I lit candles, and put on a dress and heels, because it just isn’t New Year’s without some fancy-pants luxury. He put on a suit, bless’im. First, a Sazerac… …which went nicely with the requisite [...]
My oh my, I haven’t given you all a recipe in ages, have I? Poor darlings, here you go. Over dinner the other night, I helped a dear friend brainstorm ideas for her family’s Christmas feast. They planned on salmon, but needed ideas for something festive to dress it up. Fennel immediately sprung to mind, [...]
A banana bread muffin, split, toasted under a broiler, with fancy butter and a cup of tea. This is a breakfast for a gray, rainy day, one that never manages to crawl above the mid-40′s in temperature. Three months from now, these temperatures will feel positively quaint. Ugh. PrintMy Favorite Banana Bread Yield: one 9 [...]
Well. That was certainly a trip. I’m back home, after eleven days in New Orleans. It’s not a very long time on paper, but time can be quite subjective, especially when returning to one’s hometown after a long absence. The first weekend was spent attending the International Food Blogger Conference, or, affectionately, IFBC NOLA, at [...]
I love cooking. That’s probably quite apparent, what with the food blog and all; and it’s even more apparent when you consider that I cook for a living, too. So why, then, can I never be bothered to make myself lunch? In the middle of the day, if it takes longer than about two minutes [...]
(In which our narrator concludes her tale of a trip to New York City.) I know it’s dreadfully dull to look at other people’s vacation pictures, but I had a few remaining photos of my (not so) recent trip to New York, and thought I’d share them anyway. It’s my blog, and I’ll be dull [...]
(In which our narrator continues her tale of a visit to New York City.) One of the more interesting places we visited in New York was the Breuckelen Distilling Company, located in and pronounced like the famous borough. In the midst of city-battered warehouses, under the roar of the expressway, you can catch the rustic smell [...]
