I will disclose from the outset that these are highly addictive and wonderfully easy which is a dangerous combination. Please don’t blame me if these end up becoming a weakness for you!! I have fortunately had palmiers on many occasions as I am a lover of all things buttery and crisp, but for some reason I have never made them myself. For a treat that only has a few ingredients, it would be easy to think that one palmier would taste just like another, but homemade and fresh

I have wanted to have a go at making biscotti for a while now, I always wondered how it was that they were baked twice; the actual meaning of the word biscotti. After playing with a couple of recipes I found that they were pretty easy to make - so I feel these delicious biscuits will be baked a few times over autumn . They go brilliantly with tea or coffee, but I have also enjoyed them with my Californian family, dunked in a glass of fine red wine! I am sharing two recipes t

Yep, I give up - it is totally autumn! Forget all the in-betweeness, from this week forward I am engulfing myself in all things warming, spiced, comforting and yummy. So starting as I mean to go on, I made the most delicious crêpes this week and thought I would share the recipe with you, so you too can abandon summer and join me! British pears are just coming into season now and they make a perfect accompaniment to crêpes along with the crunch of flaked almonds and the crea

Well, after saying last week that there was the ‘in-betweeness’ of the seasons, it feels like a massive switch has been flicked and now things feel very definitely autumn like. Funnily enough, people over social media seem to have felt this too and there is a lot of talk of halloween and bonfire nights. I am not quite that far ahead, but I must admit I am a little excited for both of those festivities. My apple haul wasn’t fully used up on last weeks apple turnovers, so not

So here we are, coming to the end of the summer holidays and today we turn into September. I was reading my blog from this time last year and it made me smile as I talked about trying to enjoy the ‘in-betweeness’ of the seasons, with summer starting to fade and autumn coming up on the horizon. I am feeling it again this year - the pull of autumn, this might be because autumn is my favourite season of all and I just want to dive into the flavours of cinnamon and hot chocolat