Pork pot pie, or a herby pork stew with apple topped with a flaky pastry lid
Baking / meat / No yeast baking / Pies and tarts / Recipes / Savoury

Pork pot pie, or a herby pork stew with apple topped with a flaky pastry lid

I call this a pork pot pie because a British pork pie is something different. ThisĀ  is actually an elaborate version of a pork, apple, and (hard) cider pie we made to see my friend Mary off last spring, tinkety tonk, old fruit. (Not gonna lie, I am kind of secretly hoping this pie and … Continue reading

A tiny, naked carrot layer cake + cream cheese frosting
4 inch cake / Baking / Cakes / dessert / No yeast baking / Recipes / Sweet / vegetarian

A tiny, naked carrot layer cake + cream cheese frosting

Look at this unforgivably bijou cake. Punish it. Hurt it. Eat it. Like my mother here: She’s a great lady and following in her example is recommended. I made this as a celebration cake. If you’ve never made such a small cake before, you might wonder how on earth this would serve more than a … Continue reading

Blood orange marshmallows, some of which are chocolate-covered
dessert / marshmallow / No oven / Recipes / Sweet / Treats - no flour

Blood orange marshmallows, some of which are chocolate-covered

I know I’ve only been posting sweet things lately. It will end soon, I promise. In the meantime, I hope this will please you: I went through a bit of trouble to get these to work–when marshmallows go wrong, they go really, really wrong. Oh, but when you get it right… These have a delicate … Continue reading

Pear, dark chocolate & black sesame brownies
Baking / Cakes / dessert / halloween / holidays / No yeast baking / Recipes / Sweet / Thai / vegetarian

Pear, dark chocolate & black sesame brownies

I dunno what you’re doing (or not doing) for Enforced Romance Day. However you look at what people say about Valentine’s Day, there’s always an undercurrent of, ‘If you really cared about your partner, you’d show your feelings in x manner.’ And then a sub-undercurrent of: ‘If you had any self-respect, you would behave in … Continue reading