Blueberry & Buttermilk Scones, July 2016
I was in the States a few weeks ago with Ryan and his family, staying outside Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard for the third time. As well as being incredibly beautiful, Martha’s Vineyard is also a very...
View ArticlePeanut Butter & Sea Salt Cookies, November 2016
Just a quick post with a quick recipe for my favourite ever biscuit – peanut butter cookies. I first started making them when I was six or so, carefully following a recipe from a beloved & much...
View ArticleKale, Halloumi & Pink Grapefruit Salad with Smoked Trout, January 2017
Everyone says the month after Christmas is the bleakest of the year but I always find it beautiful & pretty joyous. I love how the light changes, subtly at first, then in great leaps &...
View ArticleBanana Breakfast Bread, February 2017
The weekend is here. Time to potter around in your slippers, read the paper, make drip coffee & finally, finally, let the week go. To have a little treat, perhaps. Nothing too racy. Something that...
View ArticleVanilla Poached Rhubarb With Yogurt
Last weekend, I had two very different London outings, the only link between the two being the Central tube line that brought me to both locations. One trip was to a gorgeous photography studio sale...
View ArticlePickled Pink Devilled Eggs
Newly trendy or not, there’s no classier snack to start a party than a platter of devilled eggs. There’s a graciousness about them; they look like you put effort into making them, and to be fair you...
View ArticleTomato Tarte Tatin
It’s tomato season, which means punnet upon punnet of gloriously colourful, suddenly cheap heritage varieties in shops, and beautiful gluts appearing in gardens in a week or two. In fact, one of our...
View ArticleMozzarella & Rosemary Chicken Cutlets
Those who know me well know how much I love a chicken Kiev. They’re just one of those perfect, genius dishes that will never go out of fashion in my view, and I can’t help but harp on about them a bit...
View ArticleBeef Kofta Burgers
Someone I follow on Instagram made me laugh by finishing a post with an urging to her followers to ‘Stay cool, go slow and say yes to all barbecue invitations’ – all ideal mantras for getting through...
View ArticleRustic Apricot & Cherry Tart
My family have always done house swaps for our summer holidays, and strangely, wherever we’ve been, fruit always seemed to have played a key part in the trip in some sense. The occasions when we came...
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