“Postcard from” is my regular series of non recipe Saturday mini blog posts. “Really?” people tend to say when I tell them my mother lives on a narrow boat, “What? All the time? Isn’t it cold?” Yes, I reply. All the time for over ten years. And no it isn’t cold because she has central [Read on...]
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Rice and “curry”: a Ted-shaped milestone Two things have been different for me since New Year; blogging more regularly and Ted going to preschool twice a week – see how the two are connected? Last week, the week where I was exhausted after the three charity cupcake sales, was half term and although Ted [Read on...] Although Chinese New Year has not thus far been mentioned on Maison Cupcake, today at the tail end of the celebrations, I am giving away this copy of Ching’s Chinese Food in Minutes by Ching-he Huang published by Harper Collins. With over 220 pages, Ching’s book features all manner of Chinese dishes with the emphasis [Read on...] Today’s post is one of my regular series of Saturday non-recipe mini posts, “Postcard from…” Last week I shared pictures of the parade in Vannes, Brittany. Today I am in the mood for something a little “zen” so here are a couple of shots from the hotel garden where we stayed on the same holiday. [Read on...] Today I had been intending to post pictures of chocolate brioche for the Monthly Mingle organised by Meeta, What’s For Lunch Honey? and hosted this month by my friend Jamie at Life’s A Feast. The ingredients for said chocolate brioche have been taunting me in the kitchen all last week whilst I was busy [Read on...] “Oh how we laughed… on the way to the burns unit,” was a favourite witticism of a former colleague whenever someone did something stupid that nearly went horribly wrong. I almost set fire to my hair making these Crepes Suzette. It wasn’t my day, having already dropped the digital SLR camera on the floor, [Read on...] Spotting romantic gestures from my husband requires the expert eye that comes after almost 14 years of being together. I knew to expect this from our first Valentine’s night out together. Trudging around Shepherd’s Bush, totally unprepared, from restaurant to restaurant hunting for a table, we ended up in the usual curry house. Apart [Read on...] Today’s post is one of my regular series of non-recipe mini posts, “Postcard from…” Since it will be Shrove Tuesday this week I thought it appropriate to show somewhere that I associate with crepes for this week’s “Postcard from”. I cannot bring you Mardi Gras in Nice but I can bring you a carnival in [Read on...] 
Ever wanted to be a girl who jumps out of a cake? Me neither, in usual circumstances – but this week was not usual. After 12 failed batches over a period of five months, I finally managed to get the all important FEET on my French macarons. Since my recent revelation about the [Read on...] Whilst flying around this week making charity cupcakes for Cake A Difference and panicking that I’ve not yet done my Mactweets Macarons or any Valentine’s desserts either, I can at least relax in the knowledge that I have two more pancake recipes ready to share. This Scotch pancake and ice cream stack was another [Read on...] Today’s post is from my regular series of weekend non-recipe mini blog posts, “Postcard from…” Mont Ventoux is the highest point in Provence and quite possibly the highest place, bar a skiing trip to Meribel, that I have been. Situated 20km north east of Carpentras in the Vaucluse département, it was a little way off [Read on...] An advance apology. Blogger double spacing between paragraphs is still driving me crazy. Solutions welcome. Second advance apology. This post involves cruelty to animals. But I know better now. Kissing frogs has been in the news this week. Apparently, children, inspired by the new Disney movie The Princess and The Frog have been giving our [Read on...] Apparently some of you enjoy it when I share my failures here. Normally these are culinary disasters involving macarons and lurid pink icing for caterpillar cakes but today I thought I’d give you a laugh at my first tragic attempt to send a valentines card back in 1989. More dog’s breakfast than valentines breakfast. [Read on...] |
 
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