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Friday, 28 February 2014

5 Things

Happy moments this week have been: 1. Lots of home-juiced juice to try and say adios to this irritating cold 2. Coffee from Fix 126 3. Oval Space Cinema Club 4. A night tucked up in bed catching up on blogs on an ill Monday 5. Wong's Happiness Diner Happy Friday tout le monde! ...

Wednesday, 26 February 2014

Kaiserschmarren


After some rather delicious kaiserschmarren at Boopshi's the other week, B continued on his bugging of me to make these kaiserchmarren he had spotted in the FT many weekends...

Monday, 24 February 2014

Citrus Polenta Cake


B has instigated a bit of a polenta obsession round here lately. And he's done such wonderful things with it I had to prove myself by using it too. Sharing a delicious slice of orange...

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Decadently decorated chocolate meringues


I'm trying to overcome my fear of meringues. I can't seem to ever get them to the perfect balance: I panic they'll be too chewy and soft and end up making them too crisp, or I worry...

Friday, 21 February 2014

5 Things

A week of ups and downs, of energy and exhaustion, with several moments of happiness: 1. Scented narcissi decorating the flat 2. Chocolate muffins from the lovely L 3. Perfect coffee from Shoreditch Grind 4. Outnumbered 5. Hawksmoor dinner with maman & papa Have you all survived the week? I hope there's been many happy seconds for you too....

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Hazelnut & Nutella Biscuits


In a Valentine's theme... But I realise that I have missed Valentine's Day and so that this is perhaps no longer relevant. But these rather large treats are heart shaped, so there's...

Monday, 17 February 2014

Boopshi's


I think almost every other London-based food blogger has already told you to go to Boopshi's. So I'm going to be super unoriginal and do the same. Stripped back and bare (but without...

Saturday, 15 February 2014

Zebra Cake


Okay. New resolution. Must stop getting obsessed with certain things. Lily Vanilli overdose (I, personally, don't think that's possible, but I appreciate you may not agree) on...

Friday, 14 February 2014

5 Things

Happy Valentine's Day tout le monde! 5 small happy moments from this week: 1. Discovering Coco Cafe 2. Superior Seagull Eggs from my Valentine 3. Graffiti decorating the streets on the walk to work 4. A glimpse of sunshine to remind us he's still alive up there 5. Hot water bottles at night I hope today brings you love and happiness, and maybe the odd flower. ...

Sunday, 9 February 2014

Rainbow Trout


So it seems that I've gone from an overdose of cake on this blog to an overdose of fish. I promise this will be the last one for a while. Please bear with me!  I've...

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Can Maño


It's approaching Saturday lunch time. I had a night with no sleep, which was followed by a much happier breakfast in bed with the sun streaming through the windows. I forced...

Friday, 7 February 2014

5 Things

I'm tired. It's been a long week. But it has also been a happy week: 1. G&T at The Wolseley 2. Starting and finishing Juan Pablo Villalobos' 'Down the Rabbit Hole' 3. Coffee, coffee, coffee 4. Looking at the view out from our flat on those nights I can't sleep 5. Noodle soup. Most days. Hope you've all had a fabulous week. X...

Tuesday, 4 February 2014

Caramelised Orange Crumble Tarts


Too many components to that title. And I was beginning to feel resentful to all those components as my entire afternoon was spent following step after step after step. Flicking...

Sunday, 2 February 2014

February to-do list

1. Start a new job (on Monday... eek!) 2. Bake a layer cake 3. Boopshi's 4. Start and finish another book (I'm doing well this year in my role as book worm) 5. Put more cooking on this blog. You must all think I'm the size of a rhino with all this baking. 6. Enjoy more pots of t...

Saturday, 1 February 2014

January Snapshots


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