(The 19th May is International Baking Day! What will you be baking? I am
still in Canada, and taking care do my mum who is now home from the
hospital ....
I do enjoy a jaffa cake or two (although it's been a while since I bought any) and the chocolate orange flavour combo is generally a successful one. I decide...
M ~ Motte Now we are talking about a Motte and not a Mot! Mot (n): Dublin
slang for a girlfriend as in “me [my] mot”. A motte on the other hand was
an eart...
Well hello there, and welcome to the eleventh i should tell you, where I
interview cool musicians who will answer my emails. The same three
questions about...
[image: Lemon Blueberry Ricotta Pound Cake on Simply Recipes]
It’s the beginning of blueberry season over here; let the parade of baked
goods begin! I ha...
The weather may keep kidding us it isn’t spring yet but I’m full of the
joys of it with these ladybirds and bumble bees chocolate cookies.
I was especial...
This my 3rd effort for this month's AlphaBakes challenge. Felt guilty about
using a bought pastry case for the kiwi custard tart [tho' the idea of a
pastry...
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It’s finally here! GoogaMooga weekend! For those of you who are either not
obsessed with food-centric events or don’t live in New York, GoogaMooga is
a g...
I know it is technically not the season for figs but you can always save
this recipe for future use and hey, it might be fig season anywhere else in
the wo...
By Judith Dubin I built the clipper ship, secured rock elm to iron frame
with tiny brass-like bolts, raised fore, main, and mizzen masts, hoisted
her flaxe...
It may have been killed off by the fridge, but many of us are turning back
to larders. How important is a well stocked food cupboard?
We all leave behind...
After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over
carefully.
After five years, look at it with suspicion.
And after ten years, throw i...
I've been following Shaheen's blog, Allotment2Kitchen, for a few years now.
I first knew her as MangoCheeks when she was living in Glasgow with her
produc...
Buongiorno dopo bellissime giornate oggi un tempo brutto con un forte vento
e di sicuro arriva l'acqua.
500g patate
100g formaggio grattugiato
100g fo...
(Quince brown butter cake) Two months into Autumn and I’m finally getting a
sense of the season we’re in. Chestnuts are in the shops, along with fuzzy
yell...
Japanese Vegetable Pancakes [Okonomiyaki] with Cabbage, Kale and Carrots
Adapted, just a little, from Josher Walker of Xiao Bao Biscuit, in
Charleston, SC ...
Cardwell lilies in bloom these are easily propagated by seed. White
mussaenda propagated by air layering, these were very difficult to grow.
One of my ...
Simple steamed vegetables are one of the reasons I love eating in Japan. I
mean, let's be honest, I probably like steamed vegetables more than most,
but...
For this month's Random Recipes, we were asked to choose a random bread
recipe. Steve was more than happy to join in with this one as he loves
making br...
I finally found Meyer lemons this past weekend at the farm I frequent in
New Hampshire. Now all I needed was a delicious recipe that would
highlight thei...
... i'm more than a little chuffed to announce that i'll be demo-cooking at
this years *Lincolnshire Show*... this is the big one folks... for all the
de...
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Quanto adoro scrivere questo post, ed è la terza volta che mi capita di
provare questa sensazione.
Infatti questa è la ...
Apart from parkin, all my oat recipes have been biscuits. Time to redress
the balance a little. The best way I can describe this recipe is that it
i...
Monday sees the start of Coeliac Awareness week in the UK. It runs from 13th
-19th May as is all about raising knowledge, awareness and acceptability of
Co...
Most of you that know me through my blog, know that my mom passed away
almost two years ago. You also know that I enjoy making pies, it's in my
genetic ...
I’m the kind of person who walks excitedly down foreign food aisles and am
a sucker for any product I’ve never seen for sale in the UK before. I’m the
same...
My beautiful sister Niamh is getting married in July to her wonderful
French fiancé Francois (or as we like to call him – France-WHAH?! Oh, how
we laugh!...
Jell-O always seemed a bit like magic to me. Add water to the brightly
colored, sugary powder and in no time it’s solid and giggles like a good
belly laugh...
After lovely few summery days we are now back to black here in Ireland so one big warming cake is a necessity.I was in the mood for something extra sweet & f...
Did you know that MILO comes from Australia? See this!
In 1934, Australian chemist, Thomas Mayne created the nutritious beverage
Milo and launched it at th...
Get your copy of April's edition's of *TASTES*MONTHLY and make this Garlic
Butter and these puffy, fluffy Garlic-butter Butterflaps. Let me send you a
cop...
We are knee deep in First Communion and Confirmation parties at the moment
- it is wonderful to have a happy event to celebrate, filled with hope and
p...
Fresh figs are one of natures wonderful fruits. It looks so ancient and
tastes so luscious and yet not used a lot and seems exotic somehow.
It is late aut...
This is a book I bought a couple of years ago, *Annabel Langbein The Free
Range Cook* by *Annabel Langbein *my edition was published by Mitchell
Beazley 2...
8 Glorious Alliums
Clockwise from top: Spring onion, red onion, white onion, chives, wild
garlic, leeks, banana shallots and garlic in the centre.
A C...
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an exciting year! I've managed to drop 9% body fat and to lose about 4.5
inch...
I've neglected my blog recently but I'm back and hope to blog more regular.
I have still been baking and cooking but I post about it all on my Facebook
pa...
*As some of you might know, Facebook is the latest and quickest way of
reaching friends, old and new. I have started a cake page on there called
Cakes by S...
It’s a gorgeous mid-winter day today in Portland, and I took my Hasselblad
500C out to play. I’m still figuring out the whole waist-level viewer
thing, but...
A couple of weeks ago Hubby and I were have a conversation about what
treats we would like for our, now annual, Christmas Eve Feast. It was as
part of th...
"I have to *eat with Emma* tomorrow" , was my quick answer to my
husband's question: "What are you doing tomorrow?" Little did I know that
eating and co...
Luckily for me London is only an hour long train journey away from where I
live. So once or twice a year my husband and I take the opportunity of
going d...
The Mazda RX2, Mazda RX3, Mazda RX4, Mazda RX7 and now Mazda RX8 are all examples of successful rotary engine sports cars. The New Mazda 16x Rotary Engine sh...
A very short and sweet post this month, but I am supposed to start packing
for the plane that leaves in 12 hours to take me home. I am/was away in
gorg...
These three methods include boiling which will require twelve times as much
water as rice, the Japanese method which will require you to use five times
as ...
Hi,
Taking my Shanghai experience to a new blog
http://thecelticcookinshanghai.blogspot.com
where I will expand not only on my foodie experiences in Shan...
As more and more people start being aware of their quality of food goes
into their body, the lifestyle of vegetarian is getting more attention than
ever be...
I present to you a dessert that will make you want to renounce your current
heritage and immediately claim to be Irish: the Chocolate Guinness Cake.
If...
Here is an article from Gourmet Live that proves we wouldn’t take pleasure
in a multitude of various food stuffs, restaurants or cafes that we do in
our da...
Holding on to existing customers is much easier than getting new customers
in the door. While it is always important to keep expanding your customer
base a...
When you see one bouncing merrily across your blog you know it’s been too
long since you last posted anything. So after “that post” about quality
over quan...
Fresh from the oven is changing and this blog will no longer be updated. If
you still want to see the breads our members bake every month or better yet
joi...
Since Lotte's Kitchen opened on April 30th last year our cakes have gained
quite a reputation. Not the bad kind you understand - but the delicious,
naughty...
"Chocolate and beetroot? Crazy!"
That's basically what I thought when I first heard of this recipe a few
years ago, but I've seen lots of other food blogg...
*The World Cheese Awards took place on Wednesday, 23rd November this year
at the NEC in Birmingham and the results have been announced today. The
followi...
I love chocolate and I love coconut hence I have always loved Coconut
Roughs - all Aussies will know what I am speaking of. For those of you who
are wonder...
Yes I know, another cake recipe, I just can't help myself. I have to be
totally honest with you here and confess that I've officially sickened my
husband...
This summer, I've been struggling with my desire to eat nothing but peanut
butter milkshakes (and Peanut Buster Parfaits, and Tin Roof Sundaes, you
get t...
I just came back from my holiday/educational/spiritual trip to Jerusalem,
Mecca and Madinah where i performed my *Umrah* (minor pilgrimage), and i
really...
This is a quick and easy dessert for a cool evening which you can use with
any kind of seasonal fruit. Apples work particularly well, I sometimes add
some...
I can't believe I've neglected my poor, innocent blog for the best part of
a year! I've decided I need a hobby to fill a void in my meaningless life
and t...
Oh, wow. Loooong time no post.
Life gets busy with an infant around! I've still been cooking and trying
new recipes once in a while, I just haven't been get...
As I mentionned yesterday, I will now be writing somewhere else. Not
because I’m not in like with foodbeam anymore, but because it feels right.
Just like t...
*LEMON CURD*
*(Makes about 4 cups)*
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I finally had a bit of spare time to make use of some of the hundreds of
large lemons we have again this year, so......
With Halloween done and dusted my attention has turned towards Bonfire
Night and of course the cakes that I want to make to celebrate. For this
little pr...
This is my favourite soup - very quick and easy to make, very tasty - and
filling too because of the lentils.
Fry onion, celery and garlic in a little oil ...
Now do excuse the smudge on the plate. It was only after I'd eaten the
pudding that I realised that moving the strawberry was not the best of
ideas!
This ...
Oh my! I didn’t realise it’s the 27th already! Well in fact it’s almost the
28th!
The July 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Sunita of *Sunit...
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attending next month in the hope that I may see some of you there.
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For English Readers only:
Dear readers,
I was contacted by my Italian friend Manu (she lives in Milan and love...
* Oh dear! Bit of a headache this morning. Had a roaring party in the
kitchen. Overindulged in that potent mixture of furniture polish and
porridge oats. W...
*H*ello to our dear readers here at Baking Cakes Galore, its Rosie’s
daughter here - Miss R. posting on her behalf. My mum sends you her
apologises for he...
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*Has it been six months already since I have made a new post on this blog?
My, how time flies when you are having fun.*
*Since I have been away, I have ...
A few days ago I bought Jo Pratt's new book In The Mood For Entertaining.
This is a lovely looking book and the photos are gorgeous. There are so
many rec...
*J*ust to remind you I have moved I am now *Blogging at Baking Cakes Galore*
*.* Call by at my new blog for all new bakes and recipes.
My latest creation t...
I would like to publically apologise to the shining star of wonderful
gorgeousness English Mum for not having her on my blogroll. I am a shoddy
fellow Iri...
This was such an elegant and extremely easy recipe. The honey balsamic
glaze on the sweet pears was so flavorful and delicious. It went perfect
with the t...
Having a day off and for myself today, as I have been working all weekend.Have just had my second cup of coffe, and am thinking of what to spend my day doing...
I discovered this recipe a couple of weeks ago on the RecipeZaar site
whilst looking for a salad to use up some cooked basmati rice I had in the
refrigerat...
12 comments:
I hope that you are doing.
Cheers,
Rosa
Hope that you're keeping well and nothing is wrong xx
Looking forward to it!!! Hope all is well. Susan
well we love you and miss you... better be back soon!
I missed you Brena, hope all is OK. and hope we will see you soon!! gloria, huggs and Love ya!
Know you are missed! Will a hug bring you back?
Big hugs!
Hope you are ok? Look forward to seeing you blogging again!
Maria
x
Best Wishes and All Good Things
Look forward to seeing you back - glad you posted. Hope all okay.
Take care.
Hi Granny
Hope all is well with you - please let us know!
JB xxx
I love the face lift. Big time. Now post a recipe.... I dare you! ;)
Grannymar, I'm coming I'm coming :D
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