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Sky high praise for Sky High Cakes

July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie blogs, Foodie gifts, Sweet treats

Last week was a busy baking week, getting ready for BFF’s big birthday, which required a big and tasty cake. I knew exactly which cookbook I wanted to bake from: Sky High Cakes. I bought this book purely because I had drooled over the results that Ed Kimber had shown on his blog, He Eats. [...]

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The Friday Five – Cookbooks for the New Age of Austerity

May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Healthy eating

So, George Osborne is with us, and we have to remember he promised us an age of austerity as he starts with the cuts. Given that everyone has been talking about whether or not that might include putting VAT on food and books, I’m in for a double whammy. So before that happens, here’s 5 [...]

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Time for tea and Simnel cake

March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Baking, British favourites, Foodie gifts, Places to shop online, Sweet treats

I was all set today to make a Simnel cake, ready for the arrival of the marzipan loving, house-sitting aunt and uncle. Well, when I say I was all set, I mean that I had it in mind that I would. Requests across the twitterverse brought forth an unusual twist with @Domestic_Jules’ recipe for Simnel [...]

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The Friday Five – Cakes for Haiti, or anywhere else

February 26th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, British favourites, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Friday Five, Sweet treats

You may have picked up that today is Cakes for Haiti day, and hopefully you’ve been busy knocking up something delicious! I’ve done blondies and hummingbird muffins, which are new to me. Dr T suggested I could have done all cakes or biscuits beginning with h, but that would be taking it a tad too [...]

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Expanding our cooking skills

February 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Courses, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Places to shop online

I got a tweet last week regarding a new website, ooh.com, which looks really interesting if you want to find, or even run, a great cookery course or experience near you. Whilst it doesn’t only cover food and drink, at the moment there are just under 170 courses listed across the UK. From West Cornwall [...]

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The Friday Five – Get cooking with the kids this half term

February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Healthy eating, Just for fun, Kitsch cooking, Places to shop online, Sweet treats

I think most places around the country are about to start half term (I know, it seems like they just went back). There is good news, roads will generally be quieter. But homes with kids may not be! So this is a perfect opportunity to get kids in the kitchen and get them busy cooking [...]

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A year in food in photos

December 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · BBQs, Baking, Bread, Cheese, Foodie Travel, Foodie things to do, French food, Just for fun, Meat treats, Places to eat, Turkish Food

It’s hard to believe we’re nearly at the end of another year. As always in this household, there’s been a lot of eating over the year, from eating in to eating out, eating in the UK and eating overseas, eating alone and eating with friends. In fact, eating with lots of friends. So, here’s my [...]

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Truly last minute Christmas gifts for foodies

December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Christmas foodie gifts, Courses, Foodie Travel, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Places to shop online

It’s a terrible thing. No one warned you that Christmas was coming, and this year it was going to be on December 25th. How inconsiderate!  So, you can face into it being a very cold and lonely Christmas sat out in the shed if you buy nothing at all. Or, worse, buy something really horrid [...]

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The Friday Five – The stressed mum’s guide to cake decorating

December 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Cookbooks, Foodie gifts, Foodie things to do, Friday Five, Sweet treats

I love this time of year, but it does cause me some stress. I always make a proper birthday cake for MGG’s birthday, and have worked my way through a few cake decorating books. I’m no expert, whatsoever, but prepared to give it a go. So these five are a combination of ones I’ve used [...]

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The big birthday cake night – part 1

December 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Baking, Foodie things to do, Just for fun

This one of two stressful, but finally rewarding, nights of the year: making MGG’s birthday cake. Of course I could just pop to Tesco and buy a cake, but it’s kind of a family tradition. My mum always made fabulous birthday cakes: windmills, flowers, fairies, teddy bears, treasure islands…all lovingly created. I don’t really have [...]

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