A Bunch of Flours
Just some of the bunch... Uh oh. The latest rash of flour purchases has finally pushed (the contents of) the baking cupboard over the edge. Jostling for position on the top shelf now are all of the...
View ArticleA Tale Of Two Tassies
Tassie: noun (plural: tassies) (Scotland) A cup or goblet for drinking wine. A small tart or miniature pie. From French tasse, meaning cup, and from Arabic tassah, a bowl or basin for drinking. Walnut...
View ArticleSweet Rosemary
I first made my acquaintance with rosemary early in life. As children, we were often sent to fetch rosemary and thyme from the bushes of same that grew along the avenue which lead to our house. It was...
View ArticleGoing Nuts At Christmas
There has been an ad running of late on Irish radio for a new play. The ad includes an excerpt from the play, which runs something like this: They eat nut roast… Nut roast? …the only nuts I want...
View ArticleThe Taste Of Christmas Past
Well, it’s about time that I got my Christmas baking boots on, now, isn’t it? For weeks, my feed reader has been choc-a-bloc with blog postings stuffed with festive baked goods, and I can only hold...
View ArticleSpud Sunday: Potato Dipping
My garden is full of surprises. One day last month, when I was moved to do a bit of tidying up outside, I found this: That's one funny lookin' Christmas tree... Having long ago resigned myself to the...
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