Simple home cooking for my younger self
Continuing my ekphrastic poetry series. The Enlightenment At the Thursday night dinner of philosophers,it was Voltaire, Innkeeper of Europe,(self-dubbed)who raised his handto quiet the debate betweenle père Adam, Laharpe,l’abbé Maurice, CondorcetDiderot and d’Alembertregarding the nature of truth and tolerance;separation of…
This dish is more properly called bolognese bianco (white bolognese) or, even more properly, a ragù bianco (bolognese is a style of ragù from the Bologna region). I just think Blonde Bolognese sounds more fun 😂. It’s a perfect alternative…
I’m calling this apple and sultana cake a “pantry cake” because it’s excellent for those days when you want to bake, but don’t want to shop. Surely we all have a couple of apples lying around? Brown sugar? Maybe some…
I don’t know what it was about this boy’s face that caught my eye. Or maybe it was the apple on the floor? The half-eaten cake? That gesture which seems to declare, “Mine!”. I just tried to have fun with…
I love the challenge of ekphrastic poetry, responding to works of art with words. This is the start of a series of poetry posts, some more serious than others, in which I engage on food-related themes. I ensure all the…
Don’t expect a big, bouncy sponge. The pineapple upside down is quite a flat cake. But what you can expect is a beautifully moist cake with a heavenly syrup. I wrote about the history of the pineapple here, and how…
