I have failed in my blogging duties. Yes, I know. And I’m sorry. We first ate at The Merry Monk in February of 2013. I was deep in the throes of job hunting at the time, and not really concentrating on anything else because PANIC, so the blog post didn’t get written up. Nothing but …
Bramley Apple Almond Tart
No, I do not know why this is called a tart. It’s my mother in law’s recipe and that’s what she calls it, so tart it is. It’s one of our favourite puddings, and we always hope that she’ll have made it when we have lunch at their house. It started being made because pa-in-law …
A Crisis of Confidence–and Breakfast
Yesterday I made Jack Monroe's recipe for Apple Crumble Granola. It was ok, but not great. Dry, with not much flavour. It certainly didn't inspire the OMG wow! reactions that I saw on her site. (I have NOTHING against Jack Monroe, by the way, just saying. I actually think she's ace.) I was disappointed that …
Comfort soups for cold days
Because of the tube strikes, I am working from home. Yesterday I tried to get in to work, but it took three hours to get nowhere, so I came home and made soup, because I was cold. I’d spied a jar of artichokes in the Co-op, and wanted to use those. 1 jar of marinated …
Madeleines or playing with my new Christmas Present.
My lovely Karen bought me a silicone madeleine mould for Christmas. Because I didn’t have one. See? That’s what friends who love food and cooking as much as you do, do. I kept meaning to bake them, but never got around to it because Life, but today I worked from home, and in a gap …
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Lentil and Sausage Stew
Thursday was meant to be a Visiting Person in Hospital night, but that had to be postponed, so cooking dinner needed to be done. A quick trek around Waitrose yielded lots of things on the reduced shelf, so I bought Caramelised Onion sausages, Unearthed’s lovely mini snack chorizo, celery, sage and smoked cubes of pancetta. …
Duck and Waffle, Heron Tower–Chef Dan Doherty
It’s not often you get to look down on the Gherkin – sorry, 30 St Mary Axe – but believe me, when you do, it takes a while for your brain to adjust. It certainly takes a while for your brain to settle after the 24 seconds of “OMG!” as you ascend to Duck …
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Maple Jerked Chicken
Posted for my own memory, because it was really nice, and I don’t want to forget what I did. 5 scallions (green onions)10 sprigs of fresh thyme (about 2 tablespoon chopped) 2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoon dark brown sugar 2 heaped teaspoon ground allspice 1 heaped teaspoon nutmeg 1 heaped teaspoon …
Weeknight chicken soup
I felt like I had a cold coming on, so chicken soup just had to be done. With no time to make stock, I used 2 stock pots. The rice was already cooked to go with Husband's chili con carne, so I had a use for the rest of that (yes, I always cook too …
Clementine Cake: a variation with Cypriot lemons
When you have a surprise batch of lemons sent to you from your Mum in Cyprus, but they aren’t ripe, what do you do? Put them on a shelf to ripen, and then forget about them. Of course! Well, that’s what I did anyway, so I figured the only way to use them up (you …
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