“Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did.”William Butler CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CAKE…A combination almost too good to be true!This cake is now a firm favourite…a stunning dessert ! It was my sis-in-laws birthday a couple of days ago…& it was time to bake a cake again! I was really waiting … Continue reading CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY CAKE…Quite the Ultimate Combination!
” I asked the barmaid for a quickie. The man next to me said, ‘It’s pronounced ‘quiche’ “… …(on occasional perils of speaking a foreign language)Luigi Amaduzzi, Italian Ambassador in Britain. A MUSHROOM QUICHE… At home, the lines are firmly drawn as far as the quiche story goes…or more suitably, the ‘quiche’ war. On one … Continue reading TO QUICHE OR NOT TO QUICHE…A mushroom quiche & wholesome lunchboxes!
“The rule is jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.”Lewis Carroll JAM TARTLETS…Petits Fours A Tart is defined as a single-layered base of pastry (plain or puff) with a sweet or savory filling baked in either a shallow tart pan that has straight, fluted sides and a removable bottom or a metal tart … Continue reading JAM TARTLETS…..Pretty Ruby Petits Fours
“We have so much time and so little to do. Strike that, reverse it.”Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory View from my window in 2007… That time of the year again; am racing as usual…still so much to do, and so little done. Even the year has almost come to an end! Huff Puff!! … Continue reading WRAP ON 2007…the year that whooshed by!
“Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat.” Jim Davis, ‘Garfield’ “NUTS ABOUT STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE… …with the zest of orange!” Here’s my entry for CLICK:December 2007 ” Show us your NUTS” For probably the first time in my life something clicked…literally. I made this Streusel Coffee Cake day before because of an image … Continue reading "NUTS ABOUT STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE…with the zest of orange!" CLICK:December 2007
“Vegetables are the food of the earth; fruit seems more the food of the heavens.” Sepal Felicivant AFAM (A Fruit A Month) is a wonderful blog event which highlights different fruits. The event this month is being hosted by AkshayPatra and her fruit of choice is ‘DATES’. Golden opportunity for me to try the ‘Date … Continue reading DATE & WALNUT LOAF…AFAM – a DATE with you & HotM 10
