It would be tempting to revert to same old, same old. Cue: Birthday card. Dinner out. Cake. *Hurrah* Each year The Hungry One requests the same thing for his birthday. “Just…. maybe, some black forest cake?” Except there’s only so many ways we can make that cookie crumble. We’ve had this layered construction of cherry …
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The notion of a frozen cherry souffle calls forth images of butterflies, gambolling through sun deckled woods and women who have possibly been dressed by bluebirds. It’s a fantasy of a dish, most probably dreamed up on a very cold winter’s day. It’s very title is a promise of summer. Frozen treats, fresh cherries …
I have a certain feeling for snow. When you wake up to this; you can’t help but feel like it’s Christmas. On Saturday afternoon the snow started dancing in the lights of Leicester Square. We chuckled at the sight of everyone panic buying- and then ducked into Tesco and made sure we had enough food …
I’m not bad at wrapping presents. From the ages 14-17 I worked after school at Kenny’s Cardiology. NB Kenny’s had nothing to do with medical research. It’s a card and gift store. I became well equipped at pointing people towards blank sympathy cards. I knew when someone dolefully needed to find the special dedicated ‘belated …
If you’re eating dinner at my house mid week- there’s every chance you’ll be facing this for dessert. I’d like to introduce you to my emergency, DIY, deconstructed cheesecakes. These came from a day when I had every intention of making a berry cheesecake to crown a meal. There was Philadelphia in the fridge and …
