I've attended many cooking classes but I've never taught one myself. This was very informal and more of a way to entertain 5 girls in a cond…
Read moreIn the dim and distant past, somewhere before I was cooking for scouts and being eaten alive by midges in darkest Derbyshire, I had some girlfriends …
Read moreUPDATED 2020 We were watching " The Great American Baking Show" and one of the contestants was making a chocolate cake flavored with pepper…
Read moreMake it a Christmas to remember with these buttery and flaky, jam packed sandwich cookies Have you start your Christmas cookie baking yet? If …
Read moreHow is it going? Were you snowed in? Are you still snowed in? Here in DC we got only a little bit of snow, but the government closed on Tuesday, s…
Read moreAgain inspired by the Food Librarian's post, I was excited to make these cupcakes this weekend. Paula and I had fresh zucchini from the Eugene S…
Read moreDid I tell you that I once won a whole case of Gordons gin? 12 whole bottles, all because I was bored on the East Coast Mainline, returning from an E…
Read moreA knock on the door --- and I was pleased to see Jo stopping by to drop off this pumpkin bread recipe along with a sample for us to try. She made mi…
Read moreNow, these cookies aren't anything new (I've had them before when my mom and sister in law have made them) and the recipe isn't a big fam…
Read moreChildren for tea after after-school activities? Tight schedule which means you have to get back out of the house at 6.30? Lots of stuff in the cupboa…
Read moreIt's time for Baking Bloggers again. And this month we're challenged to bake something with Bananas. It can be sweet or savoury, the only re…
Read moreAssalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu! This recipe is for Giant Strawberries and Cream Scone. I baked this for a summer afternoon tea a wh…
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