Monthly Archives: May, 2011
Note to oneself
….as part of the home ed collective consciousness. You’re still raising children. No more & no less from all the other parents in this world. Children who come with their … Continue reading
Make Today!: Salted Caramel Pecan Blondies
For tomorrow may never come. If you are a Twitter citizen like me, you must have noticed #rapture trending for the past 48hrs. True to Twitter style, predictions of an … Continue reading
Quintessentially English: Lardy Rolls
The children are spring cleaning In all honesty, SniffSnorters, I am feeling particularly peeved. Not angry, mind you. Peeved in that over-privileged First World citizen way, where I lament about … Continue reading
Random Recipes: Just Desserts
… the rules are simple… take all your dessert, chocolate, cake, sweet or pudding based cook books, place them in a pile and randomly select one book… from this book, … Continue reading
Wisdom My Children Say #1
Wisdom My Children Say …..upon me lamenting my reservations about roller derbying tonight… “Mummy, just do it. You have to. You know you will die when you finish doing it … Continue reading
Heritage Cooking: Peanut Sauce
You guys probably have gathered by now that I’m not originally from around here. I’ve only been living in England since 1999 when I came here on a full scholarship … Continue reading
Blog Shifts
You might come across some glitches with the blog in the next few weeks as I try singlehandedly to amalgamate some features into one format. Eventually, this blog will be … Continue reading
Baked New York Cheesecake
It’s the eve of 7th Wonder’s birthday party and it is definitely calm before the storm. We have been up the sum total of 3 times today – the first … Continue reading
A Day Of Dining, Review of Charlie Harper’s
There is nothing like an enthusiastic, over-excited little girl to take the wind out of a curmudgeon man being grumpy about the fact that he doesn’t like celebrating his birthday. … Continue reading
Forever Nigella – Salad Days In A Glass
Salad of strawberry puree, lightly whipped elderflower cream, raspberries suspended in lemon jelly, more elderflower cream, raspberry cream puree & Chantilly cream
Rustic Almond Chocolate Meringue Cookie Brownie Sandwich
So this wins the longest name for bastardised macarons, yeah. I had this bowl in my fridge with some egg whites for a while now, well since the Secret Cake … Continue reading
The Secret Cake Cavalry
Baking, essentially takes eggs, butter, sugar and a little bit of magic. And perhaps the wind blowing the right direction, the light casting radiance on my moo brown eyes and … Continue reading
