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In the month of October, you will always find pumpkin purée stashed in jars, jugs & bowls in my fridge, I love baking with it & experimenting with it at this time of year. Whenever I’m working on creating & testing new recipes out in the kitchen tough, it often leaves me with the most …
Autumn, a welcome season (once you’ve come to terms with summer truly coming to an end that is). I adore the in between seasons , as I like to call them, spring & autumn, these are the times of year that evoke excitement of things to come. Moody skies & early evenings definitely call for …
It’s difficult to not give in to comfort food as the weather turns colder & the nights darker at this time of year & I think autumn provides some of the best. We still have the luxury of fresh fruits & whilst plates start to get a little heavier, we’re a long way off from …
Love it loathe it, tis the season of everything pumpkin & spiced! Personally, despite how over commercialised it is now, I still love the combination of pumpkin & sweet spices. It’s really not quite as fancy or complicated as it’s made out to be, just a sweet, spicy blend of store cupboard spices. I’m not …
We’re definitely entering into the ‘everything spiced’ time of year & I’m not complaining! I love the pantry & all of it’s dried fruits & spices. For me, apart from Christmas, adding cinnamon to just about everything is the only good thing about the colder months. But we’re not quite there yet, we’ve still got …
If you find yourself in Tuscany in the autumn then you may well have lucky enough to have seen or tried schicciata all’uva from the local bakeries. I was lucky enough to try this beautiful bread many years ago in Florence & have been intrigued by it’s borderline sweet-savoury nature ever since. Schiacciata is basically …
As the days become fresher & the sun sits a little lower in the sky, it’s the perfect time of year to get outdoors! Long walks here in the country are never more enjoyable than in the early Autumn light, as the colour & life is just beginning to fade from the trees, it can …
I’ve been reminiscing a lot these last few weeks, dreaming of our times spent travelling & really missing planning out extensive trips. Naturally, I’m seeking comfort in food, until I can safely plan our next one that is, & this week I finally got around to recreating a delicious treat that we ate far too …
How do you make something sweet & delicious even more amazing? Obviously, you add a dash of booze! Not just for the sake of it though, there are a lot of sweet treats that use a little tipple to help elevate their flavours & add a little something, think chocolate & Guinness cake, whisky marmalade, …
Saint David’s Day (or Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant) is just around the corner & other than rugby season, this is when our true Welsh patriotism is near enough unavoidable as we don our daffodils & leeks, singing songs of the green hills of our homeland. The other 364 days of the year we may moan …
