When I was in the US recently I came across a pop-over pan in William-Sonoma, which is one of my favourite kitchen shops to browse for inspiration and getting the occasional treats. I didn’t know what pop-overs were but when I looked up the receipe for them I realized they are pretty much what […]
You know those plums I went on about in my last post the ‘Zwetschgen’, damson plums or Italian Prune plums (which I have since found out is another name for them)…well, here’s another receipe featuring them but this time in form of a jam, or fruit butter as they would say in the States. Pflaumenmus, […]
I’m a fan of a good lemon pie… In New York my favourite lemon pie is from a shop called Four & Twenty Blackbirds in Brooklyn. Their lemon pie features a crispy pastry with a generous amount of a tangy lemon filling and is tastiest when eaten with a little bit of whipped cream on […]
I am back in NY for a few weeks (yay!) and this means that I am living in a short let apartment that is not quite set up for baking adventures. There’s no scales, no whisks, no baking tins and none of all the other small and large utensils needed. So I had to come […]
I have just come back from a place where dates grow – no, not the Middle East but the Californian dessert. Dates are a big deal over there and you get them at all the markets and they feature in some dishes – and even milkshakes! I had the tastiest date milkshake at the Hadley Fruit […]
The Sweetest Brunch 