Even though it's freezing, dark and often raining despondently, I love Manchester in the autumn. Fog transforms the city into the scenes of Valette's œvre, the bright leaves and swirling …
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FLUFFY CHOCOLATE AND HAZELNUT CREAM SPONGE
10/07/2021
This recipe originally comes from one of my favourite recipe books. It's called Cupcakes, with recipes by Lee Currie, and it's full of innovative recipes for different cupcakes. The one …
SPRING AT SHEFFIELD PARK
04/06/2021
A few weekends ago, we headed off for some fresh air in Sheffield Park, a National Trust site near where we live. Spring was very much in evidence although the …
FOR THE LOVE OF GRANOLA
23/05/2021
...Hi. Hello again. Oui, c'est moi, out of hibernation once more. The past several months have been so frustrating, so soul-destroying, so horrifyingly difficult, not to mention dull, that I can't …
SPICED ORANGE AND PISTACHIO CAKE
30/08/2020
Hello everyone!! It's been a while! Can you believe I've been writing this blog for over a year?! As a little celebration, I made this cake. This recipe originally came …
This feels like the opportune moment to do a bit of a 180 with this blog, and start publishing my recipes. Which was something I'd intended to do from the …
Grab a pew, everyone. It's time to talk about Mendoza. I spent Christmas with my mother in the sleepy city of Mendoza in western Argentina. It was absolutely dreamy. We ate …
NO-GUILT TRIP • POSTCARDS FROM MONTEVIDEO
08/02/2020
I spent last week in Montevideo, extending my increasingly abused tourist visa and eating cake. I'd love to have a big long list of all the must-do attractions in Uruguay's …
Perito Moreno glacier Hello and welcome to my first post of the new decade! Patagonia is a hidden gem for globetrotters. Spanning the nether regions of both Argentina and Chile, a …