winter blues

We’re in the depths of winter in London and I’ve been eating. A lot. A lot a lot a lot. Cold weather and dark nights make me want to cook hearty meals, to be accompanied by a large glass or two of red wine. It’s one of my favourite seasons, and is the perfect excuse […]

caponata

i’ve been talking about making caponata for a while now; about how i really want to eat it and oh my god isn’t it good and look at those aubergines, they’d be great in a caponata and are you kidding you ate caponata without me. so today i told myself to shut up and make […]

sour cream and cherries and raspberries

another day, another cake. this time, inspired by tonights episode of the great british bake off; which i’m only mildly obsessed with (there’s just something about paul hollywood’s moustache). i dug this recipe out of my collection of ‘recipes to try’ and though it was originally for a rhubarb and sour cream cake, i had […]