When life gives you a gift of plums in this age of ‘stone fruit’ (shall I say the season), what do you do?
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Houwerzijl Tea Museum
We love tea. We’re a family of tea lovers – always experimenting and trying out different types and flavours. For me, visiting a tea shop is always a learning experience. For instance, it wasn’t till I visited a tea shop in Leiden that I knew blooming teas existed! So when we planned a short trip […]
100% Wholewheat Pancakes & the Gold Rush
What do they have in common?
Fish balls in Thai Green Curry….before sushi
I’m over the moon. Truly over the moon. At lunchtime today, I’ll be on a sushi-making course !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make Thai Green curry paste
Thai curry pastes are generally made up of a combination of fresh and dried ingredients. I find it a very therapeutic and fragrant way to relax on a Saturday afternoon. Now, if subjecting yourself to this kind of torture is not something you like to do with amazing regularity, by all means plan to make […]
How to make a chicken from table napkins
Forgive me…but we agreed when we first met that this would be the place to share our thoughts, our hopes, disasters, successes and of course kitchen tricks!
Almost the ‘Full English’…. in a tart
Who has a good memory? ‘Me’, I said out loud – ‘I have a good memory’! But the minute the words were out of my mouth, I looked around the class of 20+ people…to see I was the only one with hand raised. The same hand, which moments later started slipping down to the amusement of the […]
Being in London – Part 2
You already know I had a great time in London – according to me, a well-deserved break. Now one thing I can say is that I had a lot of typical British meals – from a cream tea of scones to the staple, Fish and chips and Eton mess. Now each of these has a special […]
Poffertjes
Poffertjes are mini pancake discs popular with parent and child alike. They are made in special pans and then topped with knobs of butter and a snow storm of icing sugar. Liquers, fruit, savoury toppings are well-know accompaniments to this Dutch delight. However, the Dutch scorn those who plate them up for breakfast. If in […]