This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Apple galette was the perfect dessert to welcome the first of the truly autumnal weather. Galettes are the gateway to pastry (or at least they were for me!) – they’re meant to look rustic and imperfect so if you’re not a pastry pro or … Read more
Today would have been my mum’s 82nd birthday. Sadly, this is the first birthday she’s not with us to celebrate and I’d be lying if I said it isn’t a hard day for us all. Mum was the baker, the cook in the family and she relished this role. It wasn’t a chore to cook … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Fig and Goat Cheese Tart sounded fabulous to me – and a couple of weeks ago, we had plenty of figs available in our produce stores… Fast forward to this past weekend when I could not find any so I went with one of … 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. Buttermilk-Molasses Quick Bread was, indeed, fast to come together (and all in one bowl!). At the end of the first week of teaching on a weekend where I had volunteered to run the kids’ cupcake decorating stand at our annual street party, I didn’t … 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