On Location: The Lido Cafe (Brockwell Park, London)
“South London” and “Miami Beach” are not terms that you would usually expect to find in the same sentence. However, there are times where you can get the feeling of being in the latter while actually...
View ArticleScottish food: Cranachan
You know that Scotland is famous for whisky (spelled without the “e”), tablet, shortbread and smoked salmon. What you might not know is that it is also a very prolific producer of soft fruit. And in my...
View ArticleRhubarb & Custard Tarts
I was in the centre on the City last week, and there was a noticeable spring-like feeling in the air as I walked past St Paul’s Cathedral. Still rather fresh, but the smells of plants awakening from...
View ArticleQueen Victoria
Oh we Brits love a bit of royal history. Henry VIII and his six wives, the rivalry between the stoical English Elizabeth I and her rather more flirty Scottish cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, the...
View ArticleBelgian Buns
The eyes of the world might be on London in anticipation of a certain new baby, but today saw another royal development across the English Channel in Belgium. Today is Belgian National Day, and after...
View ArticleRoyal Baby: Gingerbread Acorn Biscuits
More on the theme of the royal baby, I’m afraid! Normal summer food will resume next week, but for the moment, we’ll still share in the national joy of the arrival of HRH Prince George of Cambridge....
View ArticleKeepin’ it Cool
It feels a little like the tail end of summer at the moment. The heatwave has gone (even it if did hint at a comeback this weekend), but I feel that we are slipping slowly but inexorably towards...
View ArticleBath Buns
A few months ago I turned my hand to Sally Lunn buns, a rich bread associated with the English city of Bath. When I made them, I promised to have a go at another bun that hails from the same place....
View ArticleGive it a whirl…
Okay, I realise that there has been a bit of an unexpected blogging hiatus. I was getting so good at posting with something that could be said to approach regularity. Then I went and mucked it all up...
View ArticleScottish Food: Parlies (after a fashion…)
Hoots! Tonight is Burns Night, the official unofficial celebration of all things Scottish in general, and specifically the life and times of the national poet, Robert (Robbie) Burns. Up and down the...
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