Individual pies or tarts are always worth that little bit of extra effort when you’ve got the time or the patience for a bit of pastrywork. Here, I’ve used four…
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Folkestone Cheesecake
Warning: does not contain cheese.
This Kentish version of a pudding pie was particularly popular in the Folkestone area.
Pizza Bianca with Courgette
A little disclaimer before I get stuck into the post, I don’t know if it should be pizza blanca, pizza bianca or pizza blanco…. I’ve seen it written all ways….
A celebration of lockdown baking
Food brings people together. Loads of us have been spending more time in the kitchen recently, trying out new recipes, first-time baking, getting creative, nurturing sourdough starters, or trying our…
Going bananas in lockdown
If you haven’t made banana bread at least once over the last few weeks, where have you been? With all this time at home, it’s no wonder we’re spending more…
Baking is…
Baking is…solitude that brings people together. Me, myself, and a spoon and a bowl as life around the house carries on around me. More often than not, it attracts attention…
A tiny taste of Spain (a visit to Macknade in Ashford)
It’s so nice when you go somewhere and discover something new to try. I get pretty excited by a new flavour combination, food that’s a bit different or just that…
Easy as pie
Pies, glorious pies From our Cornish pasties to our Melton Mowbray pork pies, to our pie, mash & liquor, we celebrate our pies historically, nostalgically and sometimes even divisively. Whatever your…
Why I love Bake Off
Why I love The Great British Bake Off It will come as no surprise that I’m a big Bake Off fan. I know, right. Who’d’ve thought it? I joined the…
Legendary Kentish Food, Gypsy Tart
Somewhere in Kent, some time ago… Delata moved around the countryside as the seasons changed. She was carried by the breeze through the fruit trees, picking cherries in the sun,…