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Wonderful walnuts: Walnut Maple Tart
Walnuts in New Zealand are fantastic. Not only can you buy the boutique, high-quality nuts that are widely grown in this country – there’s even a Christchurch-based grower and processor that glories...
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Quiche Lorraine for a summer supper
In the summertime I love to cook quiches and tarts – although I do have to admit that I often cheat and use ready-made frozen pastry. When I’ve time to actually make the pastry as well as the quiche...
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A simple last-minute birthday cake: Lemon and Pistachio Yogurt Cake
My friend the Film Critic had a birthday last week and so I took it into my head, late last Tuesday night, to make him a birthday cake. Wanting something simple – and that I already had the...
View ArticleCooking when there’s no time to cook: Potato and Chorizo Tortilla
On Friday night two friends were arriving in from Cambridge in time for a late supper. They didn’t arrive until after 9pm, fortunately, as the previous night at Mackerel and an after-work engagement...
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The first egg!
On Saturday – two weeks after our (supposedly) point-of-lay pullets arrived – there was great excitement when the Husband discovered a little egg, still warm, on the bottom of the hen house....
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Eggs aplenty
After the excitement of our first – albeit cracked – egg, three out of four of the chickens have been earning their keep. We’re still not sure who’s holding out, but most mornings, when we go out to...
View ArticleNow we’re up to four…
…eggs a day. That’s a dozen every three days, 28 in a week and 124 in a calendar month – and that’s a hell of a lot of eggs to be used up! Redistribution has already started. If you’re nearby and...
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In season: Rhubarb Rosewater Cake
When I was small, we had rhubarb growing in the back garden. Whatever variety it was – we had sourced the crown from some friend or relative so there were no labels – it grew gigantic stems, as thick...
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Oven fun – again! – at cookery demo: Banana and Cardamom Cake
Cookery demonstrations + cakes + ovens + me = narrow escapes! On Wednesday night I was demonstrating some recipes in the community centre at Knockcarron, a really lovely renovated primary school in Co...
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International Women’s Day – let’s bake cake! Chocolate Sheet Cake (and cupcakes)
It’s not that I need an excuse to bake, especially if there’s a cake and/or chocolate involved, but the radio was so full of International Women’s Day blather today – George Hook was particularly...
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A new way with eggs
Mornings have gotten spicier in recent times, not to mention more chocolaty, as I've been using some of Carluccio's hot chilli oil to fry my breakfast egg (ah, maternity leave: time - Little Missy...
View ArticleSavoury chocolate: Willie Harcourt-Cooze and Chilli-Cacao Fried Eggs
It’s nearly Easter egg time but, with a wide range of dark, complex bars of chocolate now available, why limit yourself to its sweet side? A few years ago I spoke to chocolatier Willie... The post...
View ArticleDevilled Eggs for summer eating
We were at a pre-wedding family get together in New Zealand some years ago, right before one of the Husband’s sisters got married – and I was checking out the buffet table. It was the... The post...
View ArticleRead: Blessed be the cheesemakers + Baked eggs and ham
First published on Irish Country Living. The cheesemakers of Ireland sure do know how to put on a hooley. The cream of the crop gathered on a dark November night at the Grainstore in... The post Read:...
View ArticleSlow cooker cosy + Slow Baked Beans
First published on Irish Country Living. When days are dark and the mood is gloomy, there’s nothing better than coming home to a kitchen that smells of something rich and gloriously savoury. Weeknight...
View Article5 kitchen essentials for a self catering holiday + a simple lentil salad
We’re off on holidays next week and kitchen decisions have to be made. Normally we drive to France, bringing all manner of cooking paraphernalia (just short of the kitchen sink) and tins full of... The...
View ArticleSalad days: Beetroot and Carrot Salad with Ginger Miso Dressing
Spring. Really? Honestly? The calendar may say that we’re getting closer to summer (summer! Ha.) but the temperature outside and the woolly jumpers, winter coats and merino layers that I’m wearing...
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