5 happy things from this week:
1. Pumpkin tortellini
2. Good toes, naughty toes: my first ballet class in 10 years
3. Future planning
4. Reading The Miniaturist
5. Maple syrup
And this week I've been thinking about these thoughtful, thought-through words from Mimi; this obituary of the much admired Michele Ferrero; and this blog post on waffles, because, well, waffles.
Have a snuggly...
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Ricotta
food, life, ramblings
Ricotta
food, life, ramblings
Friday, 27 February 2015
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Swedish Chocolate Cake: Top with Cinnamon
I have baked three of these Swedish chocolate cakes in two weeks. I wish I was joking. This cake is far too easy for it's own good. And it's also taken me three attempts to perfect...
Sunday, 22 February 2015
Ristorante Frescobaldi
The wine making Frescobaldi family have been making wine in Tuscany since 1308, and in 2014 they opened their own restaurant just behind Regent Street in London.
On a Sunday...
Friday, 20 February 2015
5 Things & 3 More
5 happy moments from what has been a frustrating week sat around waiting for things to happen. But then spring poked it's head out from hibernation and everything was momentarily well with my little world.
1. Monmouth coffee
2. Reading
3. Lunch at Borough market
4. Being able to run again
5. Sunshine
And 3 little snippets from around the internet that I've enjoyed include some wonderful...
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
A Valentine's Date Night In
B and I have never been the couple who go and hold hands, gaze into each others eyes, whisper sweet nothings across a table with a red rose plonked in the middle, surrounded by...
Monday, 16 February 2015
Triple Chocolate Buckwheat Cookies, London Bakes
I've had a bag of buckwheat flour sitting at the back of the cupboard, unopened, for months. It was a sporadic purchase: I'd seen more and more recipes calling for buckwheat flour...
Sunday, 15 February 2015
Chocolate and Banana French Toast, Top with Cinnamon
Valentine's Day on a Saturday. The perfect excuse for something a little more extravagant than another bowl of porridge.
This chocolate and banana french toast from...
Friday, 13 February 2015
5 Things & 3 More
It's been a week of illness, and so it really has been the little things that have kept me somewhere near happy these last 5 days:
1. My duvet
2. Hot ginger and lemon tea
3. Manuka honey
4. Cashmere socks
5. Toast
This video of the uber-talented Bromance boys dancing outside my flat: I wish I saw them on my commute every day.
A wonderful and painful story about a man and a koala made...
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Semilla, Paris
Sunday lunch in Paris in January calls for a glass of red wine and a generous plate of comfort.
Semilla is the new restaurant baby of Juan Sanchez and Drew Harré, who also...
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Baking Brioche
For at least one of the 24 hours we spent in Paris last month we were mooching around La Trésorerie. This beautiful space is quite literally a 'treasure trove' of homeware,...
Monday, 9 February 2015
Blood Orange Sorbet
B immediately started plotting and list-making when I received an ice-cream machine for my birthday this year. Every weekend since my birthday, this machine has been the axis...
Saturday, 7 February 2015
Les Papilles, Paris
Birthday dinner à Paris. A big decision. Les Papilles it was to be: a far cry from the hyper-traditionnel Benoît where we celebrated my 21st.
This foodie wine bar in...
Friday, 6 February 2015
5 Things & 3 More
So I've decided to alter this weekly Friday post a little. It will still include the 5 little moments of happiness in my life this week, but I also want to share with you 3 other articles or blog posts or images or whatever I stumble across in this wonderful world wide web that have interested, fascinated, or pleased me in the past five days.
Happiness this week has come from:
1. Snow. In...
Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Deeney's
There is a queue snaking around the grill at Deeney's stand at Broadway Market every Saturday. Always.
Deeney's are famous throughout the London street-food addicts for their...
Monday, 2 February 2015
Townmill Bakery, Lyme Regis
A Sunday morning in Lyme Regis: a stroll past the beautiful, pastel beach huts along the beach front, fossil hunting on the pebbled beaches, and lots of chasing our two small...
Sunday, 1 February 2015
L'Éclair de Génie
Apparently the éclair was not a popular or cool pâtisserie until recently. I have always loved éclairs so feel that this lack of love for the cream filled choux pastry is rather...
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