This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi is a classic French cookie, called langues de chat (cat’s tongues) so-named for their shape. Dorie says they are “long, thin, oval-shaped cookies that are characteristically browned around the edges and paler at the center. Their texture is mostly crisp with a little give [and … Read more
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you’ll know that pastry and I were not really friends for a number of years. After I got past the fear, though (it’s literally JUST food, nothing to be afraid of) and embraced the idea of “rustic” beauty, I realised that pastry IS easy to make … Read more
Those of you who follow me on Instagram will know that this summer (2019) I’m walking 200km along the Camino de Santiago, from Léon to Sarría in Spain. This is the fourth leg of the Camino which I started in 2016 (if you’re interested, I wrote a Q&A post in response to some of the … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies is so simple but it definitely has a bit of pizzazz (on the palate… mine definitely are not as pretty as the ones in the book!). Dorie says: Once upon a time, the Nabisco company made a cookie called Melody. They were large and round — … Read more
This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be reviewing a series of “not just cookbooks”. With thanks to Tundra Books for the review copy. This week’s pick for my Summer Reads is a little bit different – a children’s book that landed on my desk while I was in Europe that I … Read more
Hello and happy French Friday! I’m writing this from Dublin where we are spending a couple of days before we head home. It’s been a wonderful summer – much more relaxing (yes, even despite the 200km I walked on the Camino and keeping up my running training) than previous years, which was very welcome! Last … Read more