So, Christmas came and went and we had a fabulous time in Ye Olde Faringdon. There was turkey and roast potatoes and vegetables, trifle and Yule Log and Christmas treats aplenty. But, like most people, it seems, I had a severe case of Christmas Treat Withdrawal when we got back home. So I made these: Christmas Mince Pies. We made mince pie filling...
It's Christmas and Hannukah weekend, all of a sudden-ly. Isn't it odd how the end of the year always seems to sneak up on us like this - even though we're perfectly aware of the date and time throughout all of this sneaky sneaking? I've never baked for Christmas before, and I'm completely taken by the way the British celebrate their festive season....
baked goods
Gingerbread Madness: Gingerbread Cookies and Nigella's Fresh Gingerbread
Friday, December 16, 2011
Things have gone a little mad over here. I've caught the gingerbread bug. We've been back in London for just over a week now, and my, how things have changed. The sun is only half up by 8am, and it lazily goes back to bed by 3pm. Temperatures are dropping down to 1'C, and the first snow fell this morning. But the thing...
We've been back for a few days now and part of me is really regretting that we didn't have a proper honeymoon break... I'm back at work and all I can think about are the sandy shores of Camps Bay beachfront, the rolling hills of the countryside, and the family and friends we've left behind. Perhaps a little getaway in January is on...
I have so much to tell you! We've just arrived home after the most fabulous holiday in Sunny South Africa where the temperatures soared to a roasty 35'C, where the seas were sparkling in blues and turquoise, and where the food is spectacularly delicious. And, we went for an event, of course. Just married! We went for two long weeks and we spent the...
I've been a bit under the weather this week, with long hours of work and a terrible cold. So, what better way to cheer up a rainy day than with a batch of kisses? Of the baked variety, of course. Here's another one of those amazing Women's Weekly Books (from Amazon, £3.90) that I seem to be using a bit as a baking...
I figured that I can't possibly get married unless I can make jam like a proper Afrikaans House Wife. I'm not entirely where I got that from, especially considering that I'm neither Afrikaans nor a House Wife, but I suppose everybody's wedding anxiety manifests itself in different ways. So, when I saw that the lovely folks at The Make Lounge were offering a...
Our wedding is in three weeks, and with moments to spare, I was introduced to these beeeeyoootiful wedding cake toppers by the lovely Pennie Roberts. They're actually part of a wedding cake pattern by Alan Dart, a toy-knitting guru. I saw them. I wanted them. I ordered the yarn. And then I told The Groom. It went something like ... "Hi. You know...
So, as it transpires, we don't like fruit cake. And you can't have a wedding without wedding cake - so we've been on the prowl for a good wedding cake that is decadent enough for a wedding, and decidedly fruitless and lacking in marzipan. Who better to turn to than the Women's Weekly? Now, I know it sounds a bit like I'm promoting...
When I first moved to the UK, on my second day here, I discovered British book stores. They're beautiful and big, and filled from top to bottom with glossy covers. There are hundreds of different book stores - from the amazing £2 store (The Last Bookshop) in Oxford to the big brands of the market like Foyles, Waterstone's and W.H.Smith. And lo - it...
