I know it’s rather hot at this time of year but I am always a fan of soup – it’s easy, hearty and nutritious! Who cares how hot it is, soup is still delicious! This time around I made a potato, leek and bacon soup. We had leeks from Tecolote Farm (a local CSA, the [...]

I’m a bit of a fan of mixing sweet and savoury, I haven’t done a whole lot of it but the idea intrigues me and I’ve liked what I have tried. Bacon seems to be a trend at the moment, it’s in everything. So I figured why not join the club and give it a [...]

It’s been a while since we’ve featured a business or person we respect and admire… shamefully too long.  We believe in the power of the pioneering spirit of creative folks.  We applaud anyone who can take a talent, skill, or product, make it marketable, and try to make a living from it — heck, we [...]

I didn’t almost forget to do the round up today, no siree, not me.. Honest! Or something like that *grins* Biscuits are under threat in England, as American style cookies take over. Would your cup of tea really be the same without a digestive, or a jammie dodger? Hate carrots? Love bacon? Some clever (insane?) [...]

Starting the week on a non food related post (cue gasps of horror) I saw this piece in the Times about how Austin made the writer love America. Some more lawsuits this week. Austin’s own Hey Cupcake had a disagreement with an Indiana bakery, and Hershey’s think a pan sold by Williams-Sonoma is too much [...]

Slashfood started off the week by giving us a brief history of Easter food. The idea of sacrificing bread was a little odd, the ham seems to mostly be an American thing. But Easter and Springtime food is always good! We’ll have a post coming on hot cross buns when I can rescue the photos [...]

As a Christmas present to some close friends of Curious Confections (with the added bonus of being a great way to test out recipes on new people and a way to receive feedback), we decided to experiment with some chocolates and candies. We made a caramel ganache to go in some molded truffles, and a [...]