Casting directors, as my husband is fond of reminding me, have a habit of choosing Brummies for characters who are a bit, shall we say, slow on the uptake. The Fast Show used to have an ongoing sketch featuring a load of middle class people having a condescending discussion about their views on the [Read on...]
Beginner’s luck is a terrible thing. My first macarons, pecan pie with salted caramel fudge filling were a rip roaring success and I’m afraid to say this made me a little cocky for my second attempt this weekend. I was baking alongside fellow foodie tweeter and macaron novice, Charli from The Berry Bushel. Having [Read on...]
We’ve all been there. Head shoved down a bucket of Haagen Dazs without a spoon after some lowlife emotional f**kwit casually announced they’d rather spend Saturdays in future with their band/ their horse/ their rugby team* instead of yours truly (*delete as appropriate). The Heartache Chocolate Cake, featured in Harry Eastwood’s Red Velvet Chocolate [Read on...]
I’m not going for obvious Hallowe’en references this year but I can promise you this blog post features bleeding and stabbing. If you can’t face the full on sugar hit of a cupcake and brownies are too chocolatey for your taste (in which case you may be on the wrong website), this flowery – [Read on...]
Going away on holiday is terribly inconvenient when you’re a food blogger. In the last month I’ve had both a weekend away to Provence and a week in Montenegro. In between these trips my father was staying in the back bedroom keeping me away from the computer in the early morning and late evening [Read on...]
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