I’ve always been a big fan of peanut brittle, until I tried vegan walnut brittle. Now I’m a big fan of that. The walnuts add an extra creaminess that peanuts don’t have. I have kept the walnuts as halves for this vegan walnut brittle recipe, rather than chopping them up. This is for aesthetics, but …
I would love to tell you that, growing up in Wales, Welsh cakes were a staple part of my diet, that my grandmother loving made them on a Sunday morning over a hot griddle while we kids sat close by, eagerly waiting for them to be finished. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. To my best recollection, …
One of my first full time jobs was in Dunkin Donuts, back in 1994. I was nineteen years old and had just moved to London. Kurt Cobain had recently committed suicide and John Smith was coming to the end of his Labour party leadership as a result of a fatal heart attack. This wasn’t my …
September 23rd marks the autumn equinox. The nights are already beginning to draw in and we can sense, on some small level, the passing of summer. The children are going back to school and life is resuming its routine. Already, subtle changes are taking place. In my garden, unpicked pears, plums and apples are beginning …
This is a very quick and delicious compote that you can make out of a packet of frozen berries from the supermarket. It takes about 25 minutes, plus about an hour or so of chilling time (that is if you want it chilled, because you can also have it warm). It goes with a variety …