A SLICE OF CAKE

  This is another very retro dish, but with a twist.  It's coq au vin but made with white wine. I can actually remember the very first t...

This has to be one of the best soups I have ever made using leftovers in the soup maker. After our bbq we had half a roasted spaghetti squas...

I'm back in France* and a few days ago I went to lunch at a friend's house.  On arrival I admired her fig tree which was loaded with...

Last month a friend in France gave us a spaghetti squash from her new garden where they have grown really well.  I had never seen one before...

I’ve had my eye on this Michel Roux recipe* for a while and when the weather in France last month  turned from heatwave to unsettled muggy s...

This cake is on the front cover of Delia Smith's book "Baking" and I remember very clearly the first time I tasted it, many ye...

For the afternoon tea in France a few weeks ago (see here ) I made some mini muffins to a recipe by Delia Smith.  I spotted the recipe in on...