Our inspiration for today’s piece is a trip down the east coast of France, down to the idillic town, of La Rochelle, merrily making our way through French cities and townsteads. It killed us. By the time we reached our final destination, Bordeaux, we could barely explore the nearest supremarche, let alone the city center! There’s …
You caught me “Popularist! Popularist!” I hear you chant. But it’s hard not to adopt the properties of your environment. You are the sum of the people and places you most interact with, and for me, that’s food, and foodies. Especially, baked food, and bakers. I love it, love baking. From Bara Brith to Brown, cookies …
For some reason, I’ve been playing with caramel for a fortnight. It’s part of living with the internet isn’t it, one minute your looking at how many ounces are in a gram, the next your marathonning behind-the-scenes interviews with the Breaking Bad cast. In this particular case, it was after dinner biscuits that started me …
Speculoos! Or what should have been Speculoos. This is more of a recipe review than a how-to. It’s a test between using ground caramel or toasted sugar for infusing a biscuit with caramel goodness. Thanks to seriouseats for the original recipe and inspiration for testing: Click below for the full recipe and evaluation, with all …
I was in bed, and excited. Down stairs, in the fridge, sat over a litre of double cream, and it all had to go. Ice cream was therefore the only option, but having decided this, I was now obsessing over the much more pressing issue of flavour. Poblado Coffee and cardamom? Check. Rubarb a rosemari? Why not? But what …