I recently discovered this recipe for the cutest (and yummiest!) strawberry jam doughnuts and couldn’t wait for an excuse to make them again. This time, however, I fancied putting a more creative twist on the classic version, whatever that would turn out… Continue Reading
Here’s an amusing bit of trivia for my non-British friends out there. Yesterday was “Pancake Day” in the UK. No seriously, I swear pancakes actually have their own holiday here. Sure, it’s not one of the biggies like Christmas or Boxing Day, and the… Continue Reading
As you may or may not know, this past weekend was Hollywood’s annual Super Bowl otherwise known as the Academy Awards. (Your interest level probably somewhat depended on whether you saw and, of course, fell in love with the impossibly… Continue Reading
It was David’s birthday yesterday and for once, I immediately knew what to do with the cake situation. I don’t usually bake cakes, mostly because while I like my “special occasion” cakes to be professional looking works of art, the… Continue Reading
The fabulous heatwave over the weekend was all it took to get me back in the mood for a proper English summer (which is dangerous because anyone who has visited London during June/July/August will know that whenever we manage to… Continue Reading