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Something happens to me around festivals and holidays. I become fixated on (a) seasonal baked good(s) and transform my kitchen into a gift making factory. Often I am not even sure who will be the…
Something happens to me around festivals and holidays. I become fixated on (a) seasonal baked good(s) and transform my kitchen into a gift making factory. Often I am not even sure who will be the…
Spring is in the air and we cannot stop thinking about sunshine food, outdoor feasts and creating dishes with all of the new season produce that is now hitting our ...
It’s no secret that I have a vast cookbook collection. It grows monthly with new found friends who live on my shelves and immediately become part of the furniture and the family. And while these…
Welcome to this week's instalment of everything I ate, saw, covet and made since we last met. I've packed it full with some NYC recs, my new Amazon list and my top smoothie recipes. Classes…
Kohlrabi is one of those vegetables that for many years I really had no idea how to use. I knew I loved it in salads, or just thinly sliced with a little salt and lemon…
Last month I spent a little time in my old haunt of New York City. It was such an incredible honour to teach a deliciously fun packed demonstration with Rachel Simons, co-founder and CEO Seed…
I am so thrilled to let you know about the new season of Building Feasts events and welcome you to share more memorable conversations, classes and feasts.
There are a few precious things that get me through the first few months of a new year. And they are mainly in the form of citrus. The bright colourful sweetness of blood oranges in…
Our next series of classes are now open for booking. Come join us for some Summer menu treats! The sessions run for two hours – the first hour with a ...
I get very excited when summer finally arrives, and my weekly pilgrimage to the farmers market instantly becomes more appealing. The options for salads and sides increase dramatically, embracing all the glorious summer flavours and…
It’s negroni o’clock and time for these pages to be accessorised with a drink recipe (or two). This dangerously irresistible Fig Negroni recipe was the star of the show at my most recent Supper Club…
My Best Discovery – The Flower Appreciation Society I first met Anna and Ellie when, by a stroke of genius, we celebrated a friends milestone birthday at one of their ...
December was a crazy month of festivities and travel, including a glorious ten days in Cape Town with the only friends in the world who will house all six of ...
What’s my culinary solution to the holiday madness? Ginger cake. Versatile and deeply nostalgic, a moist molasses-y ginger-y slice is as irresistible with a mid morning cup of coffee as it is for a teatime…
I'm looking forward to a big week in the kitchen. Over the next 6 days I will celebrate Thanksgiving x 3, with a class on Tuesday, a very special Friendsgiving on Thursday and my family…
It took years to overcome my anxiety about pastry. Everyone always claimed it was easy. But the prospect of fiddly, leaky, time consuming dough with a soggy base or a ...