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The Most Traditional Foods for Greek Orthodox Easter

The Most Traditional Foods for Greek Orthodox Easter

The Most Traditional Foods for Greek OrthodoxEaster Traditional foods play a central role in Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations, reflecting both religious symbolism and cultural heritage. Here are some of the most common traditional foods enjoyed during Greek Orthodox Easter: When is Greek Easter? Usually Greek […]

National Dish of Antigua – PepperPot and Fungee

National Dish of Antigua – PepperPot and Fungee

National Dish of Antigua – PepperPot and Fungee What is the National Dish of Antigua? Most of the Caribbean islands have a national dish. This is a dish close to their hearts that is often made at family gatherings or special times of the year. […]

Mastering Spanish Cuisine with Chef Omar Allibhoy

Mastering Spanish Cuisine with Chef Omar Allibhoy

Mastering Spanish Cuisine with Chef Omar Allibhoy Where does Chef Omar Allibhoy hold his cooking classes? Chef Omar is now holding regular cooking classes at his home in North West London, a short walk from his local London Underground station. What can you expect from […]

Recipe: Pumpkin Muffins

Recipe: Pumpkin Muffins

What are Pumpkin Muffins During October and November pumpkins features highly in cake, muffin and cheesecake recipes and drinks! What better thing to do with the puree but bake! Fresh or Tinned Pumpkin – What is best? If you want to you can use fresh […]

Recipe: Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake

Recipe: Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake

Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake  If you love chocolate cake you are really going to love this Mexican Inspired Chocolate Cake. What makes this cake Mexican? Along with the usual ingredients of a chocolate cake this cake has cayenne pepper and cinnamon.  They are both ingredients […]

Recipe: Delicious Tahini Brownies

Recipe: Delicious Tahini Brownies

Delicious Tahini Brownies Sitting at the table the other day I was thinking of delicious things I could add tahini to. The thought jumped into my head that if I could make brownies with peanut butter then I could make some with tahini! What is […]

Recipe: Fried Green Tomatoes

Recipe: Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes What are fried green tomatoes: When you have a glut of tomatoes at the end of the season you can either ripen them on a sunny windowsill, make green tomato chutney or dredge in flour and shallow fry in rapeseed or vegetable […]

Recipe: Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries

Recipe: Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries

Welsh Tea Bread with Dried Cranberries What is Welsh Tea Bread: Welsh Tea Bread is a delicious loaf bread/cake full of dried fruit which has been soaked in strong tea for at least 6 hours but preferably overnight. How long do you soak the dried […]

Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Recipe: Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake

Easy Cinnamon Crumb Cake What is Crumb Cake: Crumb cake is a simple sponge cake with some of the dry mixture kept aside and sprinkled on top of the finished batter before baking. Is Crumb Cake the same as Coffee Cake: In the United States […]

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London

New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London Do you need to brush up on your cooking skills or maybe learn new ones? Want to impress the family and/or friends? Cookery School London Cookery School London is a fantastic place to do all of the above […]

Recipe: Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III

Recipe: Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III

Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III The Coronation of King Charles III. Long live King Charles III! Coronation Chicken has become a favourite sandwich filling for afternoon tea across the nation. The original recipe was created by Le Cordon Blue London for a […]

Recipe: Broccoli Soup Using Everything Even the Stalks

Recipe: Broccoli Soup Using Everything Even the Stalks

Broccoli Soup using everything even the stalks This is a no waste broccoli soup recipe which uses all of the broccoli including the stalks When you buy broccoli you are paying by the pound/kilo and you are paying for the stalk. Most people cut the […]

Recipe: Easy Native American Maple Syrup Pie

Recipe: Easy Native American Maple Syrup Pie

Native American Maple Syrup Pie There are many stories of how the Native Americans first realised that the clear liquid dripping from the maple tree could become such a beautiful, delicious and sweet syrup but whoever discovered it – Thank You! I love maple syrup!  […]

Recipe: California Prune Butter

Recipe: California Prune Butter

California Prune Butter Recently I have been creating recipes using California Prunes as the hero ingredient especially as 99% of prunes produced in the US and 40% of prunes sold worldwide are from California. What makes California Prunes so special? The legendary Petit d’Agen plum was brought […]

Cuisine Box – Easy to Make Paella Kit

Cuisine Box – Easy to Make Paella Kit

Easy to Make Paella Kit Have you ever wanted to make a paella at home but worried it would be too difficult or you wouldn’t know how much rice to use or how much stock etc etc! Cuisine Box has a kit for you to […]

Recipe: Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake

Recipe: Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake

Quick and Easy Traditional Christmas Cake No matter which British Christmas tradition you and you family observe and no matter what you serve on the big day nothing beats having a homemade Christmas Cake. Traditionally you would put a layer of marzipan paste on top […]