It’s a Latke Party!
[…] chair and get latke ready with me. Crispy and light latkes forever. Here’s to sharing comfort festive feasts with those you love and celebrations of miracles and lights. I think […]
[…] chair and get latke ready with me. Crispy and light latkes forever. Here’s to sharing comfort festive feasts with those you love and celebrations of miracles and lights. I think […]
[…] (ready to be cooked tomorrow night) Nigella’s Mother’s Praised Chicken (for dinner on friday night. Comfort food just in case they miss me) Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s chicken curry Melissa Clark’s lamb meatballs […]
Everyone needs a basic repertoire of dishes that they are comfortable making, regularly. Ideally, we should all be able to assemble a simple plate of food that can be effortlessly […]
[…] there is an unwritten rule around here that every holiday must be honoured with festive food, these crisp mouthfuls of fried potato joy are a Hanukkah staple. I generally reserve […]
Chocolate chip cookies are the ultimate wonder food. Equally delicious consumed in any form: raw, cooked, overcooked-and-crispy, frozen-and-raw (thanks Ben and Jerry's), cooked-and-frozen (ice cream sandwiches), underbaked-and-melty, or simply piping […]
[…] soft and lightly caramelised leeks are quite possibly this year’s favourite mid week cold weather comfort food. The trick here is to use a heavy bottomed frying pan with a lid. […]
[…] cold and salads for lunch are just not cutting it. I need warm and nourishing comfort. So I converted my favourite salad into an open faced sandwich. I start […]
[…] with none of the porridge stirring or hot cereal rejection. And it gives me great comfort to think we all start the day on the right track. Even if it […]
[…] week I was craving something familiar. As it’s from the years before I wrote about food and didn’t bother to reference sources, I actually don't know exactly where the original […]
[…] never win any beauty awards. Although it features near the top of my list of comforting desserts with its slightly retro silky smooth richness, chocolate mousse rarely featured at our […]
[…] meat), I owe my love of cooking and cookbooks to her completely. I was quite comfortable in the kitchen by the time I left home for University, but I really […]
[…] the chicken all over and place on a rack over a dish that holds it comfortably (raising the chicken allows the air to circulate and the skin to dry out), […]
[…] in the middle, and the desired result of a not too pretty, but immensely moist and comforting apple cake of my dreams. In my wave of excitement I embarked on a […]
[…] a crisis and simultaneously using up surplus ingredients lurking around the place. Cue an old comforting favourite – a warmly spiced lentil soup with cumin and Aleppo pepper, taking me […]