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…
Missing cafés and bookshops
I’m missing friends and family during this strange and unsettling period of isolation, of course I am, but the phone calls and FaceTimes go some way towards staying as connected as we…
Patience, presence and pierogi (Slow by Gizzi Erskine)
Now that we’ve well and truly settled into lockdown-living, I’m not finding that I’ve hours of time where I’m feeling bored. Instead, some everyday tasks are expanding. Rather than rushing,…
Cooking in a crisis
So, life has changed a lot in the space of one week since this post, here, about supermarket scaremongering and stockpiling. We’re now officially in ‘lockdown’ as we brace ourselves…
Food in a time of Corona
This week is the first time in my life that I’ve gone to supermarkets and not been able to get all the things I wanted. It’s also the first time…
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…
Return of the mac
Whether you call it Mac & Cheese, Macaroni Cheese or even Macaroni Parmigiana, and whether it’s a childhood favourite or latest food fad, macaroni cheese has been gracing our tables…
What’s love got to do with it
I’m not much of a fan of Valentine’s Day, really. We should celebrate love, but I don’t believe in being peer pressured into big romantic gestures. I’m proud to say…