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Yearly Archives: 2012

Chocolate tart with a pecan biscuit crust

This tart is delicious and tastes even better a couple of days after you’ve made it, so it’s a perfect make-ahead dessert. The filing is a simple brownie-like cake and the crust is a favorite cheesecake base of mine, made even tastier with the addition of crushed pecans. Chocolate tart with pecan crust 8″ or […]

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Brixton Village : SW9

I mean honestly… I leave Brixton to its own devices for three short years and the transformation is astounding.Thanks to one of life’s surprising detours, I found myself back in one of my old London haunts for the first time in a while, and what I discovered made me feel compelled to write about and share […]

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Sweet Paul Workshop NYC

Since Lorna’s unforgettable French experience last autumn taking part in a residential food styling & photography workshop hosted by Aran Goyoaga of Cannelle et Vanille I have been on the lookout for something for myself.  So recently when flipping through Sweet Paul magazine I spotted that Sweet Paul would be hosting a workshop in downtown Manhattan, just a short […]

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Pickled Shrimp

So the Holidays are officially over and 2012 is here, Happy New Year to you all and thank you for your continued support and kind comments! Lorna and I did plenty of cooking while she was here which was so much fun, it was lovely to have the time together to try out some new […]

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