Homemade Pizza

Last week in my What’s Hot & What’s Not post I waxed lyrical about the perceived hassle a home-made pizza brings to your life. I was wrong. So wrong in fact I tried it again at the weekend with relative ease. However if you want to remove the hassle from cooking you also have to relinquish […]

Salmon & Watercress Tart

The changing of the seasons can always be forecast in my kitchen with the introduction of seafood and greens at teatime. This, of course,  is not the kind of food I want during autumn and winter because that is the time for gorging on stews, pies, soups and crumbles with the same determination as a […]

A Weegie in Northern Ireland

I’m lucky enough to have 2 Irish pals in my life. Lets call them Irish Pal #1 and Irish Pal #2. Now I don’t like to resort to stereotypes when describing them but they do fit them so well. For example, they support and fully advocate a diet of spuds, they have accents which grow stronger […]

A Stateside Pavlova

When it comes to spring and summer puddings there are very few which have such great impact, with such little input, as the Pavlova. It’s crisp exterior and chewy marshmallow inside topped with whipped cream and tart fruit is a killer combo but is still light enough to serve after a heavy meal. To me […]

‘Three Sisters Bake’ Book Launch

Over the last couple of years there’s been a subtle buzz surrounding a trio of sisters and their quaint cafe, Three Sisters Bake in Quarriers Village. Until recently this attention (or at least the buzzing that reached my ears) has been primarily within the Scottish Wedding Scene where it is renowned for its shabby chic vintage […]

Baking Staples: Brownies & Blondies

Regardless of whether you are a professional or novice baker you should always have a few baking staples tucked away in your repertoire. Yes of course play around with different recipes and have fun experimenting but there are times when you need a fool proof staple to fall back on. My staples are those which […]