The title says it all: eating, drinking, cooking, friendship and family.
Posted in Biscuits, slices and muffins, Breakfast, Kids on Apr 6th, 2011
My brother L lives overseas (you can read about last time he visited here). This time, he arrived at 6.30am on a Saturday morning for a one week visit. Mum & dad offered to do the airport pick up and while I wasn’t really up for a 6am start, I offered to host a quick [...]
Posted in Biscuits, slices and muffins, Recipes on Feb 16th, 2011
My colleague (and friend) C recently came into my office and handed me some rhubarb from her friend’s veggie patch. I’ve always loved rhubarb, but I wanted to make something different from the standard stewed rhubarb or rhubarb crumble. I thought a rhubarb muffin could be nice for a change, and whipped up a batch, using [...]
Posted in Biscuits, slices and muffins, Kids, Recipe: desserts, cakes and sweets, Recipes on Sep 24th, 2010
Recently, I have been doing some study. I honestly don’t understand how Saskia has been studying for so many years and manages to get anything done. As soon as I spend any length of time in the house, all I want to do is bake. My first study distraction was to bake these delicious choc-chip cookies. [...]
Posted in Biscuits, slices and muffins, Kids, Recipe: desserts, cakes and sweets, Recipes on Jan 11th, 2010
On the weekend I went to a first birthday party (Happy Birthday Harry!!) and thought I would make something for the kids to enjoy. These muffins are an old standby from Nigella Lawson’s How to Be a Domestic Goddess, improved (in my opinion) by the addition of chocolate chips and made with spelt flour. I [...]
