We’ll start off this week with some Cinco de Mayo recipes from Timeless Gourmet. It’s a holiday I don’t know much about yet, but if there’s good food involved then I’m up for it! Serious Eats appeared twice on our list this week, firstly for a quick guide to grilling (this is part 3, there [...]

It’s not Sunday.. and I didn’t even make this on a Sunday. But the tradition of a Sunday roast is what spurred me to roast a chicken. In 1961 (according to the Guardian), 12.7 million adults said they sat down to a Sunday Roast, which was as traditional as “going to work in a bowler [...]

A few weeks ago, back at the start of the month, Michael talked about the wonders of Cafe Su Da. As a brief recap it’s a strong coffee (usually brewed from Cafe Du Monde in this area) mixed with sweetened condensed milk and poured over ice. Delicious. But strong, very strong. I can’t manage more [...]

The Texas Hill Country Food and Wine Festival was last weekend, there are several write ups of various aspects of the event which ran for four days. Here are two we liked from Relish Austin and Stetted. An Austin cake company has launched a new product – Cake in a Jar. We’re interested to see [...]

The crumble, while similar to a cobbler or a crisp, is a dish of British origin. It’s believed to have become a staple during the war when rationing meant that the butter, flour and sugar was scarce and there wasn’t enough available to make a full pie crust. The fruit, whatever was seasonal and available, [...]

Tea is a very important part of the day, especially afternoon tea which is typically between 3 and 5pm. It’s thought that the custom of drinking tea started in England when Catherine of Braganza married Charles II in 1661 and brought the practice with her from Portugal. Sadly, social customs change, and the occurrence of [...]

We have a mixed bag for all you lovely people today. Starting off on a serious note, The Atlantic posed a Q&A on the Child Nutrition act weaving it’s way through Congress at the moment. It doesn’t really cover as much information that I would have liked to see, but it’s a start. In a [...]

A while back, for St Patrick’s Day, we made Guinness ice cream. You may recall, we weren’t exactly thrilled with how the recipe turned out. It needed some work. Since we had some chocolate stout in the fridge thanks to the crawfish boil we had I decided to give it another try. After all, one [...]

Hot cross Buns, hot cross buns One ha’ penny, two ha’ penny Hot cross buns If you have no daughters Give them to your sons One ha’ penny, two ha’ penny Hot cross buns The eternal dirge of primary school children everywhere. In the UK it is common for children to be taught the recorder [...]