by admin | Mar 24, 2013 | Blog
What better way to enjoy my last day of ‘freedom’ before starting a new job than a bit of retail therapy and mischief with ‘official partner in crime’. Destination: Ilkley, West Yorkshire. It was a very cold winters’ day and this photograph doesn’t do...
by admin | Mar 23, 2013 | Blog, Recipes
I would have defied anyone who would have suggested that brownies are just as rich and fudgy without using melted dark chocolate as an ingredient. I couldn’t imagine that cocoa powder would deliver anything like the gooey, rich finish one looks for in these chocolate...
by admin | Mar 22, 2013 | Blog, Recipes
Tomatoes take on a rich, sweet, flavour when baked and I love the colourfulness of this dish. I was inspired to make concoct this recipe one weekend lunch time as I had some olives and lemons that needed using up along with some cupboard staples. If you don’t have...
by admin | Mar 19, 2013 | Blog
A visit here for both lunch and dinner confirmed that this is still stacking up to its reputation of delicious Yorkshire pub food. It’s certainly not your bog standard pub food by any stretch of the imagination. Rather, it’s of the refined end of the...
by admin | Mar 15, 2013 | Blog, Recipes
I had to think of a cake to make for a recent Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club event. The theme was ‘All Things Bright & Beautiful’ and, as I had some spare lemons in the fridge that needed using up, I thought something using lemon curd would do just fine. Maybe I...