Recipe Journal

As Spring approaches, the last of the blood oranges appear in the shops; I made marmalade to preserve their amazing colour and flavour. ...

Food has the unique ability to transport us; from a time and place to the warm embrace of someone dear to us. For me, the chocolate...

This is a cake for all seasons; in the warmer months it can be made with the amazing Queen Garnet plums, as it is in this recipe; in the...

10 tips for your best baking - no matter what time of year or season, these tips are the building blocks of good baking every time... If...

I spent my early childhood years in the grey flinty midlands of England; before we came to Australia as ten pound tourists, I was lucky...

Everyone needs a chocolate fudge cake recipe in their repertoire, an old friend that won't ever let you down. This is the first recipe...

Scones - who doesn't love them? Despite the endless quibbling about how to pronounce the name, whether you put the jam on first or the...

10 tips for your best baking - no matter what time of year or season, these tips are the building blocks of good baking every time... If...

Chocolate chip shortbread is the greatest biscuit; buttery, crunchy and melt-in-the-mouth. They keep well, are simple as anything to...

'life is what happens when you're busy making other plans' John Lennon's words have never rung so true as in the past few weeks of my...

Shortbread is a universally popular biscuit, not just in Scotland, where it originated before the middle ages, but also in England,...

As with many things in the annals of food history, and history in general, the origins of the brownie are somewhat obscured. Certainly...

Yorkshire gingernuts - these are the biscuits of my childhood. I remember wondering what all the fuss what about, as ginger wasn't high...

These light delicious little French cakes originated in the 17th century, becoming popular in the 19th century, taking their name from...

How many cookbooks do you have? Oh my goodness there are ……! Is that too many?or not enough? I comfort myself with Nigella's admission...

Beautiful Venice is surely a victim of her own popularity - on our latest visit, we were stunned to learn that La Serenissima now...