Land of the free. Home of the brave. And place of the truly terrible doughnut. Yip folks, that’s America for you. Now before y’all go gettin’ your knickers in a knot, allow me to qualify. I am sure you get truly epically awesome doughnuts in the birthplace of these delectable, moreish delights. But an all-too-short visit some moons ago to [...]
Meringue is my default go-to pud because on the zero-effort/maximum-impact scale, it measures a perfect 10. And there is none easier than French meringue. No, it’s not called French meringue to make it sound extra fancy, it’s called French meringue to distinguish it from two other types of meringue: Swiss meringue and Italian meringue. French meringue is by far the [...]
I love the transforming power of words – how just a few syllables can make things seem fancy and make you want them more. Take handbags. Say Vuitton and we go ‘ooh’. But if you think about it, it really is just a bag – somewhere to keep your cell phone and lippy, and the place where those nasty complimentary [...]
A dear friend of mine returned from Oz last Sunday. I was appalled by her tales of R90 for a glass of vino, charmed by her pics of kangaroos and kookaburras and utterly smitten with the stuffed wombat she brought back for me. But what I found really fascinating, was the South African chap she met there, who runs a [...]
Many of you have asked, so here it is: my no-fail basic scone recipe, so easy my cat can make it. No tedious rubbing of butter, no tennis-elbow-inducing mixing. Nope, I just bang the lot in my food processor and in just 10 minutes I’m done and they’re on a tray ready for the oven. Baking takes a mere 10 [...]
I’d intended to do something utterly decadent and fabulous that somehow involved chocolate eggs with marshmallow filling for this post. Something tongue in cheek. Something irreverent. Because that, of course, is my default setting. Then I was invited to take part in the Fairtrade Fortnight Foodie Challenge that coincides with Fairtrade’s two-week The Power Of You campaign. And I said [...]