Christmas Giveaway #1 of 12: Waitrose Goodies (CLOSED)

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Get set for twelve fabulous days of present giving lined up between now and December 17. There will be books, hampers, cookware, chocolate, you name it, it’s being given away here over the next twelve days. [Read on...]

Autumnal Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Pecan and Maple

Recipe summarised from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi [Read on...]

Very Lazy Pecan and Cinnamon Cookies

These are lazy cookies.  True, they were quite easy to make but I am doing a lazy post as there are a couple of bumper posts in the pipeline and I need to save my energy!  I’m really excited about the posts I have coming up and hope that you enjoy reading them as [Read on...]

Banana bites back: Banana Pecan Fudge Birthday Cake

I’ve seen the light. In November it is very definitely outside. Most of these pictures were taken outdoors, my first time photographing food in the garden. Given the gloom indoors on even the sunniest day, I am really pleased with these pictures and will be heading out there to snap away in my hat [Read on...]

First Success with Macarons: Pecan Pie with Salted Caramel Filling

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Cupcakes are top of the pops at the moment – we even have a National Cupcake Week – but there is also a bubbling under trend for macaroons – or macarons to give them their French spelling. I have seen macarons (like these ones above) in pictures over the past year but had not [Read on...]

Sweet Potato and Pecan Bread

This is the first installment of my Bake Five challenge where I cook five recipes from one book in a month and tell you about them on my blog. We are already halfway through the month before I present to you my first one – I’ll make a confession, I only thought of this [Read on...]

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    Possibly healthiest burger ever. Olive & shittake! #wildfoodcafe #nealsyard (Taken with instagram)


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    In love! #lecrueset #valentines ramekins in M&S #westfield (Taken with instagram)


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    Am being taunted by pictures of Parisian hotel bars in press releases. The 34th floor La Vue bar at Hotel Concorde La Fayette. #Paris #hotels


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    Busy editing the book today - tantalising sneak peak! (Taken with instagram)


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    KitKat Chunky frenzy! I’m nabbing the peanut butter ones, which would you choose? #chocolate 

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    Valentine’s treat using Renshaw’s red Ready to Roll coloured icing.


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    Two limited edition Valentine’s cupcake flavours available from Peggy Porschen Parlour, Belgravia:

    Strawberry & Champagne and Chocolate Raspberry Kiss make the perfect cupcake couple for Valentine’s Day. Cupcakes priced at £3.50 each, available to pre-order for collection online at www.peggyporschen.com from February 1st 2012.


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