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
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 Canadian author, Genevieve Graham, an author I discovered a few years ago and whose books On Isabella Street and The Secret Keeper made the 2025 and 2024 … 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. Candied Almond Tart sounded like a great recipe when I voted for it back in June because I didn’t realise I’d be in the middle of the hottest summer (possibly on record) in France with absolutely no desire to turn on the oven, let … 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 Mark Edwards, an author I discovered in the past year after I read (and loved) his book The Wasp Trap. I’m always a fan of a good … Read more
This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations – a series of “not just cookbooks”. This summer, I’m excited to join Book Sparks Summer Reading Challenge – “The Book Odyssey” and over the course of the summer I will be receiving and reviewing a few books selected by Book … Read more