Flaming Pears
Pears on fire The British seaside has many attractions. Piers, pebbly beaches, little trains that chug up and down the promenade at slower than walking pace, sticks of rock carved into humorous...
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Blackberry crumble Can you go foraging for wild food in Peckham? The answer, surprisingly, is yes. At the moment the park and canal walk are heaving with blackberries and nobody seems to be picking...
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Medieval rice pudding If you’ve made and eaten your medieval Chicken in cumin sauce, you’re probably thinking to yourself: “That was a fairly filling plate of meat, bread and vegetables but what I...
View ArticleCider pancakes with buttered apples
Cider pancakes with buttered apples When I was 9 years old I ate 7 and a 1/2 pancakes on Pancake Day. Obviously, I was sick a few hours later, but in my own childish way I’d stayed true to the spirit...
View ArticleBay and lemon rice pudding
Bay and lemon rice pudding Spring either began on the 1st of March or it’s about to begin on the 20th-21st March. Whichever side of this fierce seasonal debate you fall on, it remains a fact that...
View ArticleA quire of paper for The Dabbler
A quire of paper Looking for a way to impress the crowds on Shrove Tuesday? Then abandon those familiar, sturdy pancakes for a stack of sheet-thin crêpes made mostly from cream, butter and sherry....
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Buttermilk buckwheat pancakes 2 I don’t know why I bought a bag of buckwheat flour. I’m sure, at the time, I was full of brilliant buckwheat-based ideas. I expect I was on the cusp of sparking a...
View ArticleChocolate, raspberry and French pastry pudding
Chocolate, raspberry and French pastry pudding ready for the oven Necessity is not simply the po-faced, thrift-obsessed mother of invention. She’s also the saucily winking, good-time godmother of...
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