Oeufs en cocotte
I have a nettle patch in my back garden. Did I ever tell you about it? It’s right outside my little office window, where it rubs backs with the blackberry bush and a lemon tree with the biggest spikes I’ve ever seen. I planted them because I was nostalgic. They both remind me so much of my childhood, since they grow so abundantly in Scotland. This morning I was outside... Read More
Banana-almond muffins
Some things are just meant to be eaten on top of a mountain. You know, picnic style. With the cold wind whipping around your face, and the ocean far away in front of you, and the sweat on your back starting to chill but not enough that you need to get moving again. Mountain top snacks. Like banana-almond muffins that aren’t too sweet and taste more like a breakfast muffin... Read More
Lemon pudding cake
I hope you don’t mind another lemon recipe. They might be rolling out while they’re still in season. I’ll try not to wax poetic this time, since I’ve made my feelings abundantly clear. This pudding cake looks complicated. I mean, it IS complicated, but it’s also super easy. You mix everything together, then fold in the dry ingredients, then fold in... Read More
Lemon marmalade
My first experiment with marmalade started and ended 2 years ago. I was really into fermenting things at the time, and decided that, better than regular old marmalade was FERMENTED MARMALADE. Of course all of this was at the prompting of Jam, who loves marmalade (somewhere, under that handsome face and messy hair is an old tweed-clad English man dying to escape). You see I really... Read More
Fresh Greek Yogurt
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve truly come to appreciate the role that probiotics play in my life. That is, I went to Mexico, and that Montezuma guy got me. Big time. And it’s only when you can’t leave the house for days on end because, well, I’ll just leave that to your imagination, or try and change the subject as quickly as possible… doo dee dum... Read More
Goat cheese cake: Tourteau de Chevre
This is my friend Leandra. It was her birthday last week, and, once again, I volunteered (read: bulldozed) my services to make a cake. Except making a cake for Leandra is slightly difficult as she is allergic to cow’s milk protein. It’s a relatively unknown allergy– most people hear ‘allergic to dairy’ and think that it’s the lactose, so most... Read More
Buckwheat Beer Crepes
Buckwheat and beer crepes. When I was five, I had a friend named Laura Penny. She lived on a little farm just outside London. To me, as a five-year-old, her house was the coolest house ever. There were 2 staircases for starters, so when you’d play hide and seek or tag, you could chase each other in circles for hours. Second, there were woods. Once, I went out into the woods and... Read More
The best brownies I’ve ever had.
These are serious brownies. They’re not low-carb. Or fermented. Or remotely healthy, unless you count the bioflavanoids in the serious amount of chocolate you’ve got here… but really, who am I kidding. Nobody eats brownies because they need to make their diet healthier. People eat brownies because they’re delicious. Me included. When I say that these are... Read More
Far Breton
It first occurred to me when I was stuck in traffic last week. That’s what I do when I’m stuck in traffic (a regular occurrence in LA), I think about food, and about what I’m going to make when I get home. It’s a form of stress relief. By the time I get home, I’m usually so tightly wound up from the stress of driving that all I really want to do is... Read More
New potatoes
My family have always been into fresh foods. I guess I’m really lucky in that way– where most people in my generation grew up with TV dinners and packaged, processed things, I grew up with the seasons. In the spring, my grandpa’s garden would flourish with green beans and carrots and radishes and strawberries. Mum, grandma, grandpa and I would go to a U-pick... Read More
