Hi all and thanks for reading this blog. I don’t actually post frequently enough to warrant a dedicated food blog any more, so future kitchen adventures and Daring Bakers exploits will be posted on my other blog, Relentless Abundance.
All the best
Lisa
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End of sugarbowl
Posted in Uncategorized on 10 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daring Bakers do pizza
Posted in Bread, Daring Bakers, Tribe, Vegetarian, vegan and alternative, tagged dough, Italian, pizza on 1 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This month’s Daring Baker’s challenge was set by Rosa from Rosa’s Yummy Yums. We made pizza. We tossed it in the air. It was deliciously thin-crusted and FUN. Daring Bakers we are!!!!
~ BASIC PIZZA DOUGH ~
Original recipe taken from “The Bread Baker’s Apprentice” by Peter Reinhart.
Makes 6 pizza crusts (about 9-12 inches/23-30 cm in diameter).
Ingredients:
4 1/2 [...]
Daring Bakers… chocolate sauce forever
Posted in Uncategorized on 30 August 2008 | 7 Comments »
This month’s Daring Bakers challenge made Nikolai happy. Chocolate eclairs. Actually they made everyone happy. Who would not be made happy by one of these? Especially when the leftover chocolate sauce just goes on and on and on…
Now I have to admit I’d never heard of Pierre Hermé before this challenge. Who’s he, you ask? [...]
Do you ever lose your food mojo?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged inspiration on 15 August 2008 | 3 Comments »
Every now and then, for a couple of days, or a week or two, I suddenly lose interest in food. I mean, I don’t lose my appetite. I still get hungry, but nothing holds much appeal. And I end up living on cheese on toast and apples, or junk food (cheese on toast and chocolate). [...]
so this is why…
Posted in Uncategorized on 11 June 2008 | 5 Comments »
I haven’t posted anything on this blog for a few months. I think he’s the most delicious thing I’ve produced to date
Felafel and other Israeli-style stuff
Posted in Bread, Tribe, Vegetarian, vegan and alternative on 10 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another lovely gathering of the south-east London tribe girls, this time at my flat. We were a somewhat smaller gathering than usual, as Sarah’s still at home with new arrival Florence Belle (congratulations!!!!) and others had other commitments. But Elke, Iratxe, Anja and I managed to magic up a feast of felafel, pita breads, hummous, [...]
Coming soon…
Posted in Uncategorized on 21 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
an account of the wonderful German feast we cooked up at Anja’s house yesterday, starring magical Green Sauce and homemade pretzels! Watch this space…
Diary of a sourdough starter #3
Posted in Uncategorized on 15 March 2008 | 2 Comments »
OK, so Days 4 and 5 were fairly disappointing, and reminded me a bit of those mail order Sea Monkeys that we used to get as kids. They were supposed to turn into cute little water monsters, but somehow the water only ever got murky, with zero signs of life in it. Not that I’m [...]
Diary of a sourdough starter #2
Posted in Uncategorized on 9 March 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Day 3
The starter looks disappointingly calm; the foaming and bubbling seems to have subsided, and I’m wondering: is it possible that it’s died? All the material I’ve read so far says that making a sourdough starter is just about idiot-proof. It still smells lightly sour and fruity, and there are a few small bubbles, but [...]
Diary of a sourdough starter
Posted in Uncategorized on 7 March 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve never made sourdough bread before, but after a meeting of the south-east london tribe girls last week, I thought it would be fun to try out this ancient form of breadmaking.
Day 1
7 am: First, I flirt with the idea of putting off the whole experiment until I have a beautiful crock, or [...]
