We had a fun cake to make this week, one we were looking forward to as soon as we knew what they wanted. We are both fans of the films of Hayao Miyazaki, so a cake based off of Ponyo his latest, more child friendly, film excited us. They wanted the main focus to be [...]

Bakewell is a town in Derbyshire, part of the Peak District. There is debate as to whether it’s the Bakewell Tart or the Bakewell Pudding that originated there and there are a few shops in the town that all claim to sell the “original” we tried a couple of them while we were there and [...]

While we were in England we visited a National Trust property (Castle Drogo for those interested). The National Trust is a British charity that protects and preserves historic houses, gardens and ancient monuments, opening them to the public. They also look after forests, woods, fens, beaches, farmland, downs, moorland, islands, archaeological remains, castles, nature reserves [...]

Saint Patrick’s Day is a National holiday in Ireland, I can’t explain it’s phenomenon worldwide however. It is widely celebrated in America by Irish and non-Irish alike. It’s apparently one of the leading days for consumption of alcohol in the US, and is typically one of the busiest days of the year for bars and [...]

There are times when a simple chocolate chip cookie just isn’t enough, more chocolate is needed. That’s when these babies are needed! A pound of chocolate, and cocoa powder too, these definitely scratch that chocolate itch. As a bonus, they’re barely any harder to make than regular cookies. Cream the butter and sugar together and [...]

I have a confession.. I didn’t make these recently.. at all. I was clearing out my photos and tidying them up and discovered these photos from I’m not entirely sure when, October I think. I don’t know why I never wrote about them, they’re beautiful flavourful rolls, the perfect accompaniment to dinner, a little something [...]

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned an amazing book about gingerbread, I revisited it this week to make the pancakes. The recipe calls to let the batter sit for a few hours at least so you really need to plan ahead and make it the night before if you want it for breakfast. We [...]

I saw this statement go up on Lauren Kitchens’ FB page, it’s such a thoughtful and generous piece for the community trying to pass the bill that I had to copy it here for all the people who haven’t seen it or aren’t on FB. It’s never a fun thing to have to set the [...]

I’ve been intrigued by canning and preserving for a while, but never gotten around to it. Seeing some of the amazing preserves at the ATXSwappers we went to gave me the impetus to finally get going. We really didn’t need that much extra equipment. We use a 5 or 6 quart pan to make the [...]