I don’t really drink. Putting my festive lashmina on won’t be my primary concern during the holiday season. Instead, I’m often the person who takes care of soused friends at parties. This is not because I am a warm and nurturing person: it’s simply because I will usually be sober and it’s all part of … Continue reading
(For links to the mince pie and mincemeat recipes, scroll right to the end of the post.) UPDATE 2nd December 2013: My own no alcohol version of this cranberry mincemeat is here, plus a recipe for ground almond pastry. It’s a small amount so scale up as needed. Firstly, thank you so much for your … Continue reading
I don’t know how you like your shortbread. Maybe you like it with a little crunch and grit, or perhaps you think that it should be butter in biscuit form. This recipe very much produces the latter, using most of two blocks of butter that is sweetened with sugar, balanced with salt, and just … Continue reading
If your name is Mr. Pear, then you dislike both mushrooms and strong cheese. Repelled by the unbearably savoury thought of garlic, spring onions, mushrooms, herbs, and blue cheese encased in buttery pastry, you would undoubtedly flee at the sight (the stench?) of such a creation. The rest of us would fall greedily upon the … Continue reading
It’s widely known that instant noodles are bad for you, but you won’t find me hand-wringing about it. Repeating information about its dubious nutritional value to people, with increasing faux-concern and food-piety, won’t discourage them from eating it: I can’t imagine that we eat instant noodles with the conviction that it will whack an extra … Continue reading
The Furious Pear Pie 
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