bread

Panada
29th December 2014

Christmas week tends to be quite hectic. Lots of socialising, lots of eating, maybe even a wee glass or two of something to lubricate it all with. By the gap …


Treacle and Ginger Soda Bread
13th October 2013

Soda bread may have become quite popular outside of Ireland, but I've never seen treacle soda anywhere else. This dark sticky soda bread was sold as farls when I was …


Panzanella-ish Bread Salad
11th August 2013

For me the best bit about bread (if you don't make your own you can eat warm from the oven) is the fact it goes stale and allows you to …


Coconut French Toast
4th May 2013

I love French toast. Bread dipped in egg and milk and fried golden brown and perfect with something sweet like syrup or savoury like bacon, it's a perfect brunch or …


Easter Rabbit
28th March 2013

Like everyone else in the UK I am absolutely desperate for spring to arrive. These grey skies, raw winds, bare trees and frozen crocuses are getting to me. There are …


Brixton Banana Bread
24th February 2013

I am very fussy about how I like my bananas. Barely yellow, top tipped with green and a satisfying crack when they open, this means that there is about five …


Belfast Pastie Baps
1st February 2012

Growing up reciting the Lord's Prayer everyday at school, it made perfect sense that we asked to be given our daily bread. Belfast is a city of bakeries and practically …


Barmbrack
25th October 2011

As if autumn wasn't good enough with its abundance of harvest items, sunny days that don't actually require SPF and mellow fruitfulness, it also has Halloween. This is the perfect …


Potato Apple Bread
26th September 2011

  I grew up on apples and even though more fashionable and fancy fruits have come along since then, none of them have replaced the apple as well, the apple of …


Veda Bread Ice Cream
11th July 2011

July is a hot month back home in Belfast. Not especially due to the weather, but because of the slightly heightened feeling on the streets due to the Orange Order …


An Ulster Fry
23rd March 2010

The Ulster Fry is the national dish of Northern Ireland. It must never be referred to as a 'fry-up', but can be affectionately called a 'heart-attack on a plate' instead. …




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