Let me first talk about Date Night. Although it’s a common enough term, “dating” has always seemed a distinctly American concept to me. Maybe that’s because I started “dating” Colin so long ago, when I was a mere teenager. In that time and place the… Read More
Tahini Cookies are tender and melting; almost shortbread-ish if it weren’t for the sesame seeds that pop and crackle between your teeth. They are sweet with sugar and honey but somehow savoury and salty too. A generous proportion of tahini lends a warm, spicy richness that is mysterious… Read More
The food photos in my my Instagram feed have been dominated by baked goods for (ahem) quite some time. It’s been a big year for cakes and other baking on the blog and I haven’t posted anything remotely green or vegetable-focused since the pickled radishes in… Read More
I‘ve had a string of failures in the kitchen lately, new recipes, all of them. There was the savoury tart with pastry so short that it collapsed into crumbs when cut, the new method for making ricotta that produced dry and rubbery curds, and the… Read More
Chez Moi 