i don’t know what i’m thinking having the oven on when it’s so warm in the kitchen already. but i had FOUR PUNNETS of strawberries just for a special strawberry shortcake recipe i’m working on. this is our assignment for thursday in the food writing course i’m taking (yes, it is the best course ever) [...]
May 2010
brb, it’s gorgeous.
i just realized something: there hasn’t been a really nice warm sunny day in england since i started this blog. that is tragic. and if there have been nice warm sunny days in england since then, i’ve been away and missed out. no longer!! yesterday and today are absolutely gorgeous and remind me of why [...]
depending on which side of the atlantic you live, your idea of a flapjack will differ significantly. before i moved back to england in 2008, i always knew a flapjack to be a type of pancake. but then phil came along and baked me a big pan of sugary oats, or an english flapjack. this [...]
i used to be petrified of wasabi. one sniff of the green stuff and i’d recoil in horror! no way would i voluntarily eat it. but, as i’ve mentioned before, taste buds change, and here’s another example of something i’ve learned to love. while i might not coat a piece of sushi in wasabi, i’ll [...]
