Chocolate croissants – can you count the 81 layers of dough and butter?

Caramelized Garlic Tart – Delicious, nutritious, keeps vampires away: this tart has it all!

This Roman treat can apparently last so long it is “edible for centuries” – but believe me, they won’t even be around for a week

this delicious peach lavender butter is like summer in a spoon: will it be enough get you through the long winter months?

Five photography tips I learnt at the Brooklyn Cookin’ food photography workshop.

Is it really possible that all this fizz just magically appeared in my ginger beer from natural yeast in the kitchen?

How is the watermelon like a dinosaur… all this plus a pickle recipe that goes great with your hotdog and homemade ketchup!

Is the linguistic similarity between babka and babushka a coincidence? i think not!

Haunted for years, I finally tackle my sugary nemesis: with happy results

The vegetable that inspired a novel, great in everything from soup to cake and in this delicious ravioli!

This rhubarb ginger relish is gorgeous – tangy and spicy and so versatile!

The perfect first ice-cream of the season makes use of late spring rhubarb and early strawberries: yum!

Honey :there is so much more to this delicious, sweet nectar than you knew.

I didn’t learn to make indian sweets in my grandmother’s kitchen: but I did have the next best thing…

What looks like icecream but never melts? What heirloom plants provide such variety of color and flavor?

Green garlic, spring garlic, garlic scapes and ramps. You want to know more about them? We want to know what you can make with them.

What mysterious yet delicious food lies behind the foil veil? Hint: its a steamy story!

Some thoughts on where that delicious coffee comes from

What could be better in these gorgeous vintage glasses than lavender lemonade?

Share the last of my four food photography sessions – Pepper and Macro

Three variations on herb cordials for the best lemonade you’ve ever tasted.

Delicious brunswick stew with rabbit, chicken and bacon and home canned veg, served with a side of the best skillet cornbread. Yum!