Lemon, Ginger & Cardamom Jam Tarts
At the end of this summer I was presented with the opportunity to guest review a jam recipe book, which I accepted with delight.
At the end of this summer I was presented with the opportunity to guest review a jam recipe book, which I accepted with delight.
I love chocolate fudge, especially this remarkably simple chocolate truffle fudge recipe. I love it a little bit too much so I usually only make it once a year around Christmas time, or else I’d eat it all and be the size of a house!
My regular readers will be aware that I participate in quite a few monthly food blogging challenges. These challenges provide a great opportunity to experiment with ingredients, encourage creativity and broaden ones food horizons. They sometimes introduce me to ingredients (and people) I never otherwise would have encountered, like today.
These delicious, melt-in-the-mouth whipped shortbread cookies are topped with little dollops of frosting and a tiny glace cherry. They’re super easy to make too.
When I was a little girl date squares were a peculiar sweet that only old people ate.
I go ballroom dancing every week. I’ve been dancing on and off now for around ten years and I love it very, very much. It’s such a wonderful feeling to be gliding across the floor in a swirly dress dancing the Glen Roy foxtrot.
Dom over at Belleau Kitchen has been hosting a fab monthly bloggers challenge for quite some time now.
Shetland Cheese Ltd is the UK’s most Northerly producer of cheese. Established in 2009, they are located in a former smokehouse on the west side of Shetland, a remote archipelago located in the North Sea midway between Norway, Iceland and the mainland of Scotland; closer to the Arctic Circle than to London.
I love fridge magnets. I try to collect them (although the children end up stealing them off the fridge and they end up in those parallel worlds where small children hide things!) and I always eye up the fridge magnets in any kitchens I might happen to be in. The best fridges are the ones …
I loved Christmas as a child (and as an adult I still do!). We always went to our grandparents house for the holiday period and there was always an air of excitement in the days leading up to Christmas.
This Shop Local #3 round-up features recipes using ingredients from as far away as Pennsylvania, Australia, France, Scotland, England and back to America again in the Union Square Farmer’s Market. Thank you to everyone who shared recipes and posts featuring produce local to your region and to those of you who highlighted the importance of …
One man’s rubbish is another [wo] man’s treasure, they say.
This idea has been filed away in my head for several months now. I’ve been wanting to make home made Oreo cookies for some time and I bookmarked a few recipes which looked interesting and had some really positive comments. When my daughter said she’d like a Coraline themed birthday party this year I …
This FREE printable Coraline doll pattern contains everything you need to make your own 14-inch high fabric Coraline doll complete with blue hair, cheeky grin, dragonfly clip, yellow raincoat and boots. The daughter of a doll maker Among her numerous skills and talents, my mother turned her hand to doll making when I was a …
My daughter has inherited my tastes for all things quirky and odd. She’s as fond of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline (2002) (made into a film by Henry Selick in 2009) as I am, so when I asked if she might like a Coraline themed birthday cake this year I was delighted when she said yes.
Friday evening I had the great culinary pleasure of a sneak preview of the Shetland Food Fair, the newly relaunched foodie event of the year in Shetland!
My children have been nagging me for ages to make them packed lunches. I admit it, I’m pretty lazy and if I can get away with not doing something I will.
St. Ninian’s is the site of one of Shetland’s many perfect beaches and it is one of our favourite family escapes. The beach is the largest active tombolo in the UK connecting the mainland of Shetland, a remote archipelago in the North Sea, to St. Ninian’s Isle, a now uninhabited island.
Food bloggers have been very creative with their locally sourced ingredients throughout the month of October. This #ShopLocal challenge has had 19 superb entries from all over the world! Recipes come from America, India, Italy and throughout Scotland and England. I do hope you are tempted by some of these culinary delights! If you too …
I have a confession to make: I absolutely love Halloween. I love Halloween a bit more than a grown adult should love Halloween.