I am a big fan of Jim Lahey and his Sullivan Street Bakery in New York. Jim has most generously shared the recipe for his ‘No Knead Bread’ online. When I am missing NYC I like to make a batch of this delicious bread. This process itself is relatively easy, no more difficult than the […]
It is not all that often that you could classify soda bread as whimsical. It is an old reliable, a standard, even a relic oft maligned in this new(er) world of yeast, sourdough and, it has to be said, more labour intensive breads! I am here to champion the humble soda bread and festoon it […]
These little biscotti are a big hit in our house. I don’t think we see enough fresh biscotti in our coffee shops. They are such a delicious treat. I so love a dry, crunchy biscuit and I often find homemade cookies a little greasy. The texture comes from twice baking the cookies. The cookie dough […]
After a week away in beautiful Dingle, I was so excited to get back into my own kitchen. I spent the day trailing around a few of my favourite grocer spots picking up ingredients. This sunshiney (but bitterly cold) spell pushed me towards light and fresh fare. In the end we had some panfried mackerel […]
For a beautiful, albeit short, time in my early twenties I lived in a small cramped studio apartment in New York with one of my college girlfriends. It was a wonderful time and I now recall that time in myth as much as in actual memory. I was interning at a Midtown law firm, the […]
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