When I want a cake fix but haven’t got the inclination, patience or ingredients to make cake, pancakes hit the spot. I have a million and one delicious pancake recipes to share. This one is great for brunch or dessert. Recipe: Coconut & Strawberry Pancakes (vegan, dairy-free) Ingredients (makes 8- 10 pancakes): Vegan pancakes: 1 … Continue reading »
It seems chocolate inspired by travel with retro vintage look wrapper designs are the latest choco trend. Fine by me. Cocoa Hernando is the newest kid on the gourmet chocolate block with four bars based on recent exotic journeys by the founder. I tried India and Himalaya and they were rather tasty with the flavours well … Continue reading »
Sometimes you want a fresh bread loaf type affair but haven’t got the patience to wait for the dough to rise and all that malarkey. This quick and easy recipe is perfect for those times. Spelt, oats and berries are power packed with nutritious and great for slow release energy too. I like to have … Continue reading »
Yes I seem to be turning into the weird chocolate girl. Can’t help myself, I see unusual things and get all excited and want to taste. It turns out that here in the UK we’ve been fobbed off with chunky Kit Kat in peanut butter and mint as in Japan they have had up to … Continue reading »
As recently mentioned, I’ve just discovered the spice sumac and have been on the hunt for recipes to use it in. I’ve mostly just been sprinkling it over fish and vegetables for a zesty zing but knew I could be doing more. This is a quick and easy recipe adapted from Serious Eats. It’s tasty, … Continue reading »
I spotted these in the chocolate room at Liberty. Are they not the most delightfully packaged chocolate bars? I love the vintage postcard design and theme of this limited edition collection from chocolatiers Cocomaya. The set of ’Around the world’ chocolate bars have flavours inspired by various cities to let your tastebuds travel via the medium of chocolate. … Continue reading »
My first supper club experience of mouthwatering Persian grub from Sabrina Ghayour was a winner (read about it here). So when I heard she was planning a brand new menu based on seafood and spice, I couldn’t waddle there fast enough. Check out the menu we feasted on below. Amazing sounding isn’t it. Though incorporating pomegranate, … Continue reading »
This set of herbs and spices were a lovely gift from a friend who had been to Turkey. Most of the packets I knew what to do with but the sumac I had no clue. Though I didn’t realise it, I’ve eaten sumac numerous times as it’s one of the ingredients in za’atar, a condiment used … Continue reading »
Sometimes the key to a lady’s heart isn’t through chocolate. It’s through cheese. Cheese glorious cheese. Sometimes it’s a combination of the two. If you’re looking for a gift for a fan of fromage, you wouldn’t go wrong with these cheese macarons from La Cave a Fromage. Cheese and fruit/nuts are regularly eaten together so … Continue reading »
Sometimes you’re watching TV and see something so mouth-watering that you start drooling and eating it yourself becomes a mild obsession. Or maybe that’s just me. One Saturday morning i saw Rick Stein on his Far Eastern Odyssey series making a Vietnamese noodle-based soup dish called pho (pronounced “fur” apparently) on a boat sailing down the Mekong … Continue reading »
