This post originally appeared at Rebel Angel. Happy Christmas everyone! Hope you all managed to get a bit of festive break, whether or not you were celebrating. I had half-planned some blog posts during Christmas time in my calendar, but didn’t end up getting round to writing them so just took the time off instead.…
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Recipe: Chargrilled Lamb Flatbreads
All the way back in 2011, I did an undergraduate course in Greece. This was where I first discovered that, even though I’d been a very fussy eater until a couple of years before, I loved Greek food. We ate a lot of very fresh produce, tomatoes we crunched like apples, herbs picked straight from the…
Recipe: Snickerdoodle Christmas Cookies
UK readers, have you heard of Snickerdoodles before? Despite visiting the US multiple times throughout my life, I’ve heard the term but I had no idea what a snickerdoodle was – I’d always assumed it was some kind of nutty, chocolatey treat, thanks to the “Snickers” part of the name. But I was wrong! One…
Recipe: DIY Neapolitan Pizza on the barbecue
So what happened to the weather around here recently? There we were, having a lovely summer filled with sunny days and shorts and T shirts, then suddenly it’s all rain again. I know, so typically British to talk about the weather again, but seriously. Bring back that sun! When we did still have some sunshine and…
Recipe: Rick Stein’s Buttermilk Pancakes with Blueberry & Lemon Sauce
The absolute highlight of mine and Ben’s UK road trip was visiting Rick Stein’s The Seafood Restaurant and staying in the hotel there. The morning of my birthday, after we’d stayed the night there, we had breakfast in the restaurant included in our stay. After the big meal the night before plus the fact that I…
Recipe: Jammy Rock Cakes
The topic for day number 4 of BEDN is ‘Food Glorious Food’, and that’s something I’m pretty good at, considering I eat a lot of food. So I thought I’d bring you the recipe I mentioned yesterday: jammy rock cakes! We were just sat watching TV in the afternoon yesterday (/today – I’m scheduling this!)…
