Traditionally, a galette des rois or king cake is eaten on the 6th January to celebrate Epiphany in France. As a child I spent every first week of January skiing in France and my mum always bought a galette des rois on the 6th from the local patisserie. Therefore, I have a ...
Hello! I had meant to post my contribution about the "Art of Eating" but somehow May was quicker than my keyboard! Never mind... while awaiting the new theme for June, I thought that I would share with you all my favourite recipe for a sunny breakfast on a Saturday, which I ...
Last month saw the coming together of so many great things, lemonade and scones, deep fat frying and meringues, eggs and red food colouring, and old and new geeks at our ...
When I heard that this month’s theme was ‘experiments’ I immediately thought about what I could write about that was the opposite of this, as I tend to do; but, alas, Blythe got there first (just wait for ...
Experimenting with food for me usually means putting ingredients where you wouldn’t expect to find them. So when I heard that the latest craze sweeping Australia was lemonade scones I knew that it was time to get in the kitchen and get experimenting. I have experimented with fizzy drinks before: my ...
Another sunny week saw me going to my shared garden and having a real ball; planting out my stumps, laying in the potatoes and watching carefully the growth of my onions! Yesterday evening I was very happy to be able to take home a big handful of the cress I had ...
Scotland's history is rich with experimentation and invention; from marmalade to microwaves, we are a nation of geeky creators... Across our city we see food-lovers exploring the limits of their cooking every single day - from the imagination of dishes served at 21212, to the teachings of skilled chefs such ...
Baking bread at home has become a new obsession for me. Well, I say new. In actual fact I made a new year resolution at the beginning of January 2011 to turn my back on the supermarket sliced loaf and get kneading. For a million and one reasons I didn't ...
Happy Valentine's Day! As those of you who have come across my cake-centric thoughts on the BakeNation blog will know, I am a keen admirer of baked goods, and on this romance-themed day, I would even go so far as to say that I love them. This fanaticism surrounding eating ...
I love the fact that in America, you send a Valentine's card to your best friend, your daughter, not just your lover. Recently I was contacted by a Mom whose daughter is here in Edinburgh at University. She wanted to send her something special, decadent, on Valentine's, that was produced ...
