When it comes to cake, we always seem to end up using Nigella’s recipes, and of all her cakes this is probably Mark’s favourite. This cake is gluten free if you use GF baking powder, which is an added bonus
Continue readingWe love a good food hall. Our first experience of one which truly blew our socks off was Mercato Centrale in Florence — so many amazing foods in one place. And when we went to NYC in 2018 we managed
Continue readingThis recipe comes from the Sainsbury’s recipe website. We’d been in town and after wandering around the Christmas markets in the cold and rain wanted something warming for dinner. View this post on Instagram There were some dicey moments making
Continue readingWow… it’s been quiet on here hasn’t it? I think it’s fair to say our previous attempt to revamp the website died a death! For those of you who follow us on our Instagram though, we’re still posting photos of
Continue readingBack in the days before we “got into” cooking, my token lazy dinner was to buy a supermarket ready made quiche and serve it up with a jacket potato. I decided to revisit this staple, but this time I’d do
Continue readingIs this really a recipe? I’m not sure it is, but the end result is delicious. You can easily make it from scratch, or get a similar result with ready made ingredients. Firstly, you need a shortcrust pastry base. Put
Continue readingI’ve always enjoyed making cakes, but making biscuits (and especially cookies) is a different matter. I never seem to get them quite right – they always seem to end up too hard and brittle, regardless of the recipe I use.
Continue readingI came across this recipe as part of the Tesco “Food Love Stories” advertising campaign. We’ve tried making a few things from there and some have been a bit hit and miss, but this one was a real winner. However,
Continue readingThis recipe is an exercise in nostalgia for me. My mum used to make this regularly when I was a kid, and I could wolf down slice after slice – each covered with a thick spreading of butter. But it
Continue readingFor me, custard cream biscuits remind me of my grandma. We used to visit her every Saturday morning and she would produce a plate of these with a pot of tea. I’ve never really eaten them much since, but whenever
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