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 recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s cookbook, Everyday Dorie. Cornmeal-buttermilk loaf cake is an easy, tasty, practically fail-proof cake that I made on my first weekend in France and shared with (a lot of!) neighbours who all appreciated it – as is or with a little butter. Dorie says: … Read more