Mushroom Flan (Sarah Brown’s)
The pastry is rough puff pastry from Mary Norwak’s “Home Baking”, and the filling is from Sarah Brown’s “Vegetarian Kitchen”. The rough puff pastry should be blind-baked between 5-7 minutes. […]
Embutido (Sari’s)
Ate Sari is my friend in the PH. She is a retired cook—with a star-studded experience of having worked for expat households along ADB Avenue in Manila and the UN […]
Candied Peel
(Some of the pictures I have here are from a different batch–not necessarily cut into perfect strips; apologies for that ever-present glass of liquor with minced peels in it!) Ingredients: […]
Guinness Cake
This recipe is from the “The Complete Book of Home Baking” by Mary Norwak. It needs a week in advance to prepare! Ingredients: 225g butter 225g soft brown sugar 4 […]
Chocolate cake
Taken from the internet by Playmate aeons ago, so apologies if we couldn’t find you anymore, but should you find us–please let us know and we’ll do a link. Many […]
Chicken and pearl barley stew
A friend gave me plenty of empty jars, so I have been displaying my pulses and grains on a shelf Marie Kondo style. Now it’s easier to see what I […]
Hungry in Hungary
‘Just a quick update on my short break. I didn’t get to take pictures of everything I ate, and I was also mostly powered by the big brunch at the […]
Ratatouille
Not sure how others make their ratatouille but this is how I’ve always made mine. Ingredients are just: olive oil, onion, capsicum, courgette, aubergine, tomatoes, salt and pepper. I like […]
Beans – exploring possibilities
A dear granny friend of mine gave me some lemon basil from her garden. As I had plain boiled black-eyed beans at home, I thought that would be a [very] […]
Spaghetti – quick and simple
Do you know that feeling of getting home sooo hungry and you’re alone and there’s nothing prepared? That is why pasta is a must in the cupboard! While boiling the […]
