One Of Your Five A Day
Let’s face it, we all love eating cake or is that too much of a universal statement? Be that as it may, what better way to beat the guilt trip than to ensure there’s ‘one of your five a day’ on the menu? Such was the theme for Saltaire Clandestine Cake Club’s April…
Another gluten free shortcrust pastry recipe
I have been really interested and very pleased in the knowledge that my recipe posting of gluten free shortcrust pastry has drawn a lot of interest. Encouraged, I have been having a play with another gluten free pastry recipe with my own tweaks on it and am pleased…
Fun and nonsense in Ilkley
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 justice to how…
My all cocoa brownies
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…
Baked tomatoes with pearl barley, olive & caper stuffing
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…
The Angel Inn, Hetton
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 range, well…
Lemon curd cream cake
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…
The Prashad: food fit for kings & queens
The introduction in the menu quotes Kaushy Patel, the executive chef as saying “you are what you eat so sit back and relax and dine elated for today you are Kings and Queens”. We certainly did we dine well! The Prashad has recently moved to its new premises in…
All Things Bright & Beautiful
March has all the signs of spring with the days getting longer and the colourfulness of bright yellow daffodils starting to make a welcome appearance. The theme for this months’ Clandestine Cake Club in Saltaire was designed to conjure up such images of all things…
The Design House, Halifax – more art than food?
It must be a good 9 years ago that I first went this upmarket establishment but don’t remember much about it at all. Consequently, this visit was a ‘clean sheet of paper’ so to speak. I did have a quick sneak preview of their website to give me an idea of what one…