Fellow Saltaire-based blogger Rob from the excellent HopZine asked me to do a little blog exchange thing with him, and here it is. The premise is simple – I provided a recipe, Rob matched some beer to it. All very civilised. Given the time of year, I chose something to do with asparagus. We’re right [...]
There’s nothing quite like a good chocolate brownie. It’s not quite a cake, not quite a biscuit, but more of an indulgence than either. A good chocolate brownie recipe is one of those things every cook should have up his or her sleeve. This recipe is excellent, a straightforward brownie recipe with an extra flourish [...]
Every now and then, I have to make a cake. The urge often strikes at this time of year, with the indulgence of Christmas a fading memory and no sign of the rotten weather passing soon. This cake provides a hint of what’s to come, using last autumn’s fruit. Line the bottom of a 20cm [...]
Making butter is simple. It’s really just very agitated cream. The craft of making butter seems to have been lost. In past centuries, most butter was made by hand using methods similar to this. These are forgotten skills now, so much so that actually doing it yourself by hand and seeing a pat of butter [...]
We were supposed to be outside digging over the allotment on Monday, but as the weather took a turn for the Siberian, we decided to give it a miss. The broad bean seeds will have to wait until next week. There were biscuits to make instead, peanut butter ones.I detest peanut butter. I think it’s [...]