Posted in Comfort Food, Mains on May 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I can’t believe it’s been nearly half a year since I’ve posted a recipe here! Then again, a lot has happened since January: I got promoted to a new, more challenging department; I went on a few holidays including one that was pretty life-transforming; and I’ve started afresh as a singleton. So I guess it’s [...]
Posted in Baking, Cakes, Comfort Food, Grilling on November 18, 2007 | No Comments »
Dorset apple cake, from the Engine Room in Poundbury, Dorset.
Last month’s trip back to the UK was lovely, not least because of all the wonderful food we had. I know “good English food” is an oxymoron in most people’s minds, who tend to think it as stodgy fish and chips, 1970’s prawn cocktails and boiled cauliflower (I know I did before I [...]
Posted in Baking, Comfort Food, Starters on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We had a cookout at our monthly book club meeting yesterday. I paired up with Pauline and our secret ingredients (assigned by P, who was also the host) were “beef” and “dumpling”. Dumpling? She clarified later that she meant wonton skins. So we decided to make small parcels and put mini meatballs and chunks of [...]
Posted in Cakes, Comfort Food on July 15, 2007 | 14 Comments »
“Why do you always bake cupcakes?” grumbled A the other day, when I told him about plans for a fourth batch of cupcakes. I had been obsessing over them for the past week - I was thinking of vanilla with a chocolate filling and crunchy chocolate frosting, but no matter how I thought about it, [...]
Posted in Comfort Food, Potato-based on July 9, 2007 | 8 Comments »
You know you’ve made a damn good cottage pie when an Englishman swoons over it. My boyfriend A was ecstatic during tonight’s dinner, and making orgiastic noises while gobbling up two huge scoops. At the end he solemnly took my hand in his and kissed it. “Thank you,” he said, emotionally. “Good. Now do the [...]
