I love Two Greedy Italians! They’ve just started series two and so far it’s been so heart warming;every week my eyes fill up watching them. They make this cake on the first episode ‘Calabria and Bambinone‘. I saw it and began to make it almost subconsciously.
Stovies; a dinner for a cold day. In Scotland this could really be at any time of the year as cold days are not infrequent. While I’ve tasted and heard of quite a few recipes this one here is my Granny’s, my Mammy’s Mammy. She made the best Stovies, but then everyone’s Granny makes the best Stovies.
I’d wanted to try making gnocchi for ages, so I finally gave it a go with help from Marco.
These are great when you just have to have dessert but feel the need for something that’s healthy but just as sweet and delicious Read the rest of this entry »
I love rhubarb, but I associate it with winter and school dinners and hot custard. The strawberries in this pie mean summer. Read the rest of this entry »
One of my favourite meals as a child was mince and tatties (mashed potato) with dough balls. I was, and still am, a glutton extraordinaire and thus even then could polish off 3 or 4 of these stodgy delights. Read the rest of this entry »
This is one of my Mum’s recipes, and I remember her making it when I was wee; seeing the big bowl of dried fruit in the evening and knowing that tomorrow there would be a Tea loaf. Read the rest of this entry »
I first encountered Ox Tail when I was very young and I shared a tin of Heinz Ox Tail Soup with my Granny Lottie (which is short for Charlotte). Like Lord Henry at Rawlinson’s End I was not best please; it was not tasty and there wasn’t enough of it. Read the rest of this entry »
Earlier in the year I went on a trip to Italy with my good friend, Lisa. We went first to Florence, then went further south to Positano and then Capri. It was the loveliest of times. Since coming home Read the rest of this entry »
