Birthday Panda Bear Cupcakes with Russian Buttercream. As you know I’m always looking for fun new cake ideas. Especially when you have your youngest daughter’s birthday to prepare for. She was in charge of picking the design so Panda cupcakes it was. There are a couple of caveats. Although I was a full-time chef for…
Vegetarian Recipes
Truffle Mac ‘n’ Cheese – A little bit of Luxury
Truffle Mac ‘n’ Cheese – A little bit of Luxury. You may like me probably think of the dish Macaroni Cheese as almost as American as apple pie. Indeed, Thomas Jefferson was recorded as an early fan. However, you would be surprised to learn it was early English immigrant settlers who most likely first imported…
Easter Carrot Cupcakes
Easter Carrot Cupcakes. Lately I’ve been appearing on a regular slot on local BBC radio broadcast in Jersey and Guernsey. You can listen to me chatting each weekend with the lovely Jim Delbridge about seasonal and local food and recipes. Recently researching some ideas for an Easter baking edition I discovered an interesting fact. The…
Malted Milk Ice Cream & Beer Float
Malted Milk Ice Cream & Beer Float. This recipe was inspired by my conversation with Alison Taffs about the culinary uses of malt for an edition of the Pubs, Pints, People podcast. We discussed the similarities between malt as an ingredient in beer and food and where you will find it in the kitchen or…