I am off to see family tomorrow, and I don’t like to go empty handed. As it was Valentine’s Day recently, I felt something heart-shaped would be an appropriate theme. I could have gone for regular heart-shaped cookies, but wanted something a little more special. Something like shortbread. Shortbread’s origins are much like my husbands…
I know that this is perhaps more of an autumn dessert, but I decided to make it this weekend because hubby was away at a thing, and I was at a loose end. Plus, I still had a couple of cans of pumpkin purée left from my last order. I confess I couldn’t wait for…
Yes, you read that right. I said Monkey Bread. Don’t worry, there were no actual monkeys harmed in the making of this bread. Monkey Bread is the ultimate tear and share bread. Made with an enriched dough, its very similar to a Cinnamon Roll, and in fact I use the same dough recipe. When you…
A good friend of mine has a book out today! Alasdair Stuart is a freelance journalist who, among other things, works on Pseudopod.org, the world’s leading horror fiction podcast. Alasdair has collated his outros (the opposite of intros) for 2012 into a book called The Pseudopod Tapes: Vol1. To celebrate the launch, he held a…
A sweet addition to the Halloween buffet. I made some deliciously moist Red Velvet Cupcakes. Red Velvet is a chocolate sponge, slightly sharp with buttermilk, and coloured a vivid red. Instead of the traditional cream-cheese frosting that usually accompanies red velvet, these cupcakes, sat in pretty purple cases, were frosted with an orange buttercream, and…
Sadly, due to the inclement weather this year, my squash patch was pretty much a wash out. The incessant rain caused mold on the broad leaves, and any budding squash was soon munched on by the army of slugs and snails that invaded my garden this year. I was devastated, my grand plans of producing…
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