This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations – a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is a delightful “read it in one day” kind of book that someone recommended to me a few months ago that I couldn’t put down – the perfect #summerreads … Read more
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while (ok, since at least 2016!) will know that I have walked the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, over the course of 5 summers (but 7 years thanks to C*vid) and those who know … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Mary Dodd’s Maple-Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies have a lot going on! These cookies are fairly easy to whip up – you need to have cooked bacon and also bacon fat – I cooked my bacon strips and used the fat that rendered from there … Read more
This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations – a series of “not just cookbooks”. This week’s Summer Reads pick is from Kristin Harmel, whose book The Paris Daughter was one of my faves that I read in 2023. I’ve since enjoyed The Winemaker’s Wife, The Book of Lost … Read more
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while (ok, since at least 2016!) will know that I have walked the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, over the course of 5 summers (but 7 years thanks to C*vid) and those who know … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes. Corn Toasties are “giant” muffin-sized cornbreads. Since I don’t have giant muffin pans, I took one of Dorie’s “Playing Around” suggestions and made half the recipe into a small family-sized cornbread instead. It’s a simple recipe that comes together quickly with … Read more