Entries from March 2009

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Have Your Cake And Eat It Too

I feel like I’ve been on some perpetual search for the elusive perfect cake most of my life. To me, it should be moist, but with a light, tender crumb. The buttery richness shouldn’t be outweighed by a heavy handed baker adding too much sugar, the eggs should give it a beautiful golden hue. There […]

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

NEWS BULLETIN

WE INTERRUPT NORMAL POSTING FOR AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT BULLETIN THAT HAS RENDERED MY LEFT PINKIE INCAPABLE OF RELEASING THE SHIFT BUTTON!!!! I AM GOING TO THE FRENCH LAUNDRY IN MAY!!!! IM GOING TO THE FRENCH LAUNDRY!!! I GOT MY RESERVATION!!!!!!!! IM GOING TO THE FRENCH LAUNDRY!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Steak & Guinness Pie

There are no words to describe this pie. You need to make it, you need to eat it. There’s no two ways about it, so get to it already. The first crunch of your serving spoon breaking through the puff pastry top, releasing the steam and aroma into your dining room will be more than […]

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

She Ate Cheesecake On the Seashore

Okay, bad rhyme. But I can’t help it – cheesecakes just get me into a certain sort of silly mood. As with most desserts, I’m generally not too hot on funny mutated variations, and I keep my tweaking to the minimum flavour-wise. Cheesecake doesn’t get any special treatment from me in this respect – I […]