Fabulous spaghetti and meatballs

My apologies for the huge gap between posts. My evenings have recently been somewhat consumed by creating, printing and writing all the thank you cards for our wedding (almost done!) … and then designing, compiling and ordering the photo book of our wedding. It’s been fun to revisit what was such an amazing day, but [...]

Mushroom and bacon risotto – fabulous seasonal food

Autumn is now in full swing here in England, with the leaves starting to turn (they’ll look fabulous sometime in the next week) and the shops full of seasonal goodies. Especially mushrooms. I remember an ad campaign that was on TV when I was little that sung praises for mushrooms, with the tag-line of ‘they’re [...]

A heavenly way to serve cabbage

After my post of last night, this post may seem to be an odd follow-up, but bear with me here. Hubby and I were watching the Bloomberg coverage of the fallout of the vote failure and the after-close analysis last night and after such a huge amount of uncertainty and bad news, what seemed to [...]

World’s best pancakes

After a heading like this, I hope this recipe lives up to expectations! These pancakes are a weekend staple in my kitchen (together with porridge and scrambled eggs on toast), especially on colder mornings and on weekend days that we have the luxury of starting slowly. What you’ll need: a medium or large mixing bowl [...]

Kitchen shortcomings, and a lasagna

After the second gray and dreary day in a row (so much for an English summer), I’m in the mood for a bit of comfort cooking. I simply love messing about in the kitchen and filling the house with smells of deliciousness, and today only cooking a lasagna will scratch the itch. However I’ve noticed [...]