Author Archives: Kate
The Monday Treat – Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
These are the kind of unpredictable spring days when meals are often called upon to satisfy diverse conditions. We want to eat something comforting and warming enough for unpredictable showery blustery weather, but fresh and sprightly enough for those evenings … Continue reading
Irish Soda Bread
Soda bread is one of the least worrying breads to make because there’s no yeast to deal with. Not that yeast is especially complicated stuff, it’s just that all the proving, warming, kneading, rising business can seem daunting in a … Continue reading
The Wednesday Tipple – Guinness and Colcannon cakes
There are nights when a Guinness seems like a good idea. And there is nothing in the world that goes so well with a Guinness than colcannon cakes. Colcannon is a traditional Irish food – a mixture of mash potato … Continue reading
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Tagged cabbage, colcannon, guinness, parsley, poached egg, potato, scallion, st patrick's day, vegetarian
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The Monday Treat – Green Velvet Cakes in anticipation of St Patrick’s Day.
Probably as a response to valentine heart-shaped cookie cutter withdrawal, the green food coloring ended up in my basket, and by the time I’d unpacked the shopping my mind was racing with ways to use it in celebration of St … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cake, chocolate, cupcake, green cupcake, st patrick's day, vegetarian
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This Dinner Will Get You Laid – Salmon and zucchini in lemon herb butter
There are cold rainy March days when you might find yourself without any particular plan, wandering around Anthropologie looking at the spring dresses, wondering where the sunshine has gone, then spending a lot more money than you intended on a … Continue reading
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Tagged basil, capers, en papillote, lemon, marabou slippers, parsley, salmon, zucchini
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The Wednesday Tipple – Hard Lemonade (with prosciutto and focaccia)
So I bought the lemons for pancake day, and in fairness, we did get through a couple of them, and there’s nothing wrong with having a lemon or two around the house. But I am a marketer’s dream – show … Continue reading
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Tagged focacia, lemon, lemonade, mint, prosciutto, vodka
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Pancake Day
It’s pancake day – time to use up all the things in your cupboard that you’re not going to be needing once Lent gets going. Like eggs. And flour. Won’t be seeing them again until April. Possibly.
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Tagged egg, flour, holiday, lemon, pancake, pancake day, Shrove Tuesday
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The Monday Treat – classic buttermilk pancakes
We were in a diner somewhere in the sprawling vastness of Los Angeles, the morning after my school-friend Yoo Na’s wedding; a group of Brits, nursing hangovers and jet lag, recovering from the excitement of the festivities (and an exhausting … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dream, bacon, buttermilk, egg, flour, pancake
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This dinner will get you laid (if you actually get to eat it) – Risotto and the weekend that never was.
It was my friend John’s birthday and the plan was that 10 of us would drive to Woodstock and hang out in a house on Friday night, Saturday, have breakfast on Sunday and get back to the city in time … Continue reading