Tonight I made Salt and Vinegar Macarons. They are not to everyone’s taste, but to a sophisticated palate, they are delightful. I especially love the textural contrast of the crunchy sea-salt flakes against the silky, balsamic vinegar ganache. Appearance-wise, they are a bit rough and ready as I could not […]
Bai Yok Thai is a silent suburban assassin in the world of Thai cuisine. Nestled in a small outcrop of shops in Castlecrag, it is the Grants favourite Thai restaurant. I can see why. Every dish we ordered was packed full of flavour and lived up to the high expectations I […]
Nothing fills that lasagna-shaped hole in one’s tummy quite like lasagna… What better way is there to beat a cold winter’s day full of unforeseen stresses, trials and tests that with meaty layer upon meaty layer of cheesy, pasta-y goodness? I have actually never made lasagna before, but it should […]
Now that the chill of winter has set in, it’s time for comfort food to come out of hibernation. Enter the Streusel Apple Pie. Having a bag full of fresh mountain apples, I thought this pie looked just right for a lazy Monday afternoon snack. The recipe comes from winner […]
“It’s the monotony we revile, not – to a like degree – hard work or hard face. To look out on the same stretch of beach or the same patch of trench wall and the same terraces of hostile black and grey sandbags day after day is to be wearied.” […]
In a little under an hour and half, it will be one hundred years since the Titanic sank to her dark depths. So, as it turns out, I have a keen fascination with the infamous disaster. It has apparently been building up over the years, and came out in full […]
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