Greedy Gourmet

Curd – it must be the unsexiest word in the food dictionary. Can you come up with any others?

It was time. Our old fridge-freezer just had to go.

Bah! So what if there is a recession? Who needs pounds if you can enjoy decadent desserts with mere pennies?

There is simply no stopping summer from slipping away. Thankfully, autumn brings along some goodies to comfort us.

What do you get when you let a toddler loose in the kitchen? A royal mess! Seriously, has anyone tried baking with a two year old?

Ch’tiramisu is Northern France’s answer to Italy’s Tiramisu. What a strange name, I thought. Where is it from? A quick search on the net yielded very few English results and the rest were all in French. There is a famous French movie, called Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, which means “welcome to the sticks”. “Ch’ti” means [...]

If you want to be the coolest mom in town and get loved immediately by children from every nook and cranny, make this mind-numbingly easy and devilishly good sweet snack. Mind you, you DON’T want to be around when the kids have gobbled up the lot because they’ll be bouncing off the walls. Be crafty. [...]

Having spent most of his birthday bored to death in the car as we drove from The Lake District all the way back to Essex, I thought I should make it up to little Gabriel. Like a lot of mothers, I wanted to be the best and in one area I excel is food. For [...]

I don’t consider myself to be much of a dessert person but if there is one item I simply can’t resist on any menu it is Sticky Toffee Pudding. Devilish sweet and decadent it puts me on a sugar high and a huge grin is plastered on my face for the rest of the day. [...]