This, my friends, is fak thong sangkhaya made with munchkin pumpkins you get in Sainsburys. It’s rare that I make something just to show off on my blog, but I thought this would tick several boxes: seasonal eating, seasonal holiday, Thai desserts, and overall cute factor. Fak thong sangkhaya is coconut milk custard (sangkhaya) poured … Continue reading
I shall continue to make boring posts about my boring life for no particular reason. As a matter of fact I’m going to tell you a little about my woks and how I take care of them. This gives you spine-thrills of delight, I know it. First, a little background. At my parents’ home we … Continue reading
I believe in taking pride in the small achievements throughout your life, balancing them with larger milestones in an attempt to maintain a good perspective on things. It is, for example, sort-of okay that I struggled to chisel myself out of bed today and then completely failed to do the washing-up, because I have managed … Continue reading
Yes, yes, everyone and their grandma has blogged about this, but I remain undeterred. I usually enjoy pasta sauces with deep, layered flavours where you brown lots of things in your cast-iron cauldron and let it simmer for hundreds of years. Then you rise from your enchanted sleep, boil some pasta, and consume the dish … Continue reading
The weather has been fine lately. Even the rain feels better, I think; summer rain was oddly stifling, but this autumn rain is clean and cold. When the weather is dry and bright it is marvellous. I won’t bore you with the usual description of leaves and skies and colours and scents; it is enough … Continue reading
I am steadily turning into what I usually find very boring: one of those people who exhaustively blog their boring lives, constituting their identity by conspiciously displaying their habits of consumption. The fact that I consciously do it with ironical post-modern ennui makes it even worse. In fact, it might even make me a hipster. … Continue reading
This is Smitten Kitchen’s apple pie, scaled down ever so slightly to fit my 23 cm (9 inch) pie tin. I used 5 medium eating apples that were a mix of Russets, Royal Gala, and Pink Lady varieties that my parents brought back from a trip to Kent –fortuitous, because they are also good baking … Continue reading
Bat For Lashes – ‘What’s A Girl To Do’ I shan’t bore you with the usual apologies for my flakiness. Instead, let me show you the lovely and strange Bat For Lashes. A cool, spooky music video for Halloween month, and lyrics which perfectly encapsulate my feelings toward Kit Kat Chunky: And when he asked … Continue reading
The Furious Pear Pie 
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