You never know, the sun might shine this summer and what could work better then than ice cream? Luckily it also improves hiding indoors in the rain watching box sets …
Merry post Christmas and Happy New 2016! I hope you had a fantastic festive season and aren't planning to punish yourselves in anyway with month long detoxes or exclusions? You …
My lovely blog readers know this already, but many people don't know that gluten free doesn't automatically mean wheat free. My wheat free Fodmap friends have to explain this one …
I was walking home one day last week when a friend called me and said without much preamble 'you know about donkey's gudge, don't you?' Pausing slightly to see if …
I used to be very strict about only eating hot cross buns on Good Friday as tradition dictated and then Marks and Spencer brought out their limited edition chocolate and …
I haven't been cooking very much this summer. Partly because I'm on a go slow in the kitchen after testing over 350 recipes for both Recipes from Brixton Village and …
When I was growing up, I associated certain tastes with times of the year. Chestnuts were the taste of celebrations at Christmas when my mum made a gorgeous frozen pudding …
You will have probably realised from the photographs that these are macaroons, not macaron. Big hulking coconut numbers rather than their dainty Gallic cousins with their egg white shells. These …
Last weekend I found myself in the slightly retro experience of finding myself with half a can of evaporated milk needing used up. I haven't eaten the stuff neat since …
The last few weeks have been a bit of a blur of new tastes and food experiences and travel and general activity. I've had great company and great meals, but …
Every so often, you realise you've never seen certain things you just assumed existed. Baby pigeons, a body positive article on the Daily Mail, a smiling traffic warden or white …
As I've mentioned before, I very rarely eat cheese. I like it, but rarely buy it because it's expensive and Brixton doesn't have many choices to buying small amounts of …
My childhood was punctuated by marshmallows. One of my aunts had a particular soft spot for them and visits to her house weren't complete without dipping into the bag of …
Oreos are the quintessiential American biscuit (or cookie), but since we Brits are fairly new to their ways and loyal to our impressive range of biscuits, we don't usually get …
A conversation about white people's lack of love for Supermalt got me thinking. I love the taste of malt thanks to growing up with Veda bread and working in a …
