Food

Spaghetti pie

Spaghetti pie

Who could resist a dish called "Spaghetti Pie"?? I certainly couldn't, although growing up in Italy I never encountered anything remotely like a spaghetti pie. Let's just say that it...

Spaghetti pie

Who could resist a dish called "Spaghetti Pie"?? I certainly couldn't, although growing up in Italy I never encountered anything remotely like a spaghetti pie. Let's just say that it...

Honey Roasted Apples

Honey Roasted Apples

Now that my eldest son is at University, it feels as though cooking family meals has been radically simplified. First of all, my younger son announced to me that he...

Honey Roasted Apples

Now that my eldest son is at University, it feels as though cooking family meals has been radically simplified. First of all, my younger son announced to me that he...

Extra-rich & Flavorful Ramen

Extra-rich & Flavorful Ramen

When I was a kid growing up in Hawaii, ramen was my favourite lunch, though in Hawaii ramen is called "saimin". Admittedly, a packet of supermarket ramen doesn't have much...

Extra-rich & Flavorful Ramen

When I was a kid growing up in Hawaii, ramen was my favourite lunch, though in Hawaii ramen is called "saimin". Admittedly, a packet of supermarket ramen doesn't have much...

Mango-Blueberry Almond Cake

Mango-Blueberry Almond Cake

One of my kids loves pie, the other one loves crumble, and they both love cranberries and strawberries. So this recipe seems to have it all...it uses a pie crust...

Mango-Blueberry Almond Cake

One of my kids loves pie, the other one loves crumble, and they both love cranberries and strawberries. So this recipe seems to have it all...it uses a pie crust...

Mango-Blueberry Almond Cake

Mango-Blueberry Almond Cake

Do you ever plan to make a new recipe and then discover that your kids have eaten the key ingredients? This happens to me a lot lately, my hungry teenagers...

Mango-Blueberry Almond Cake

Do you ever plan to make a new recipe and then discover that your kids have eaten the key ingredients? This happens to me a lot lately, my hungry teenagers...

Hazelnut, Peach, and Raspberry Cake

Hazelnut, Peach, and Raspberry Cake

For my birthday I received a wonderful new cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi called SIMPLE. There are so many recipes I want to try in here! But this first one that I have...

Hazelnut, Peach, and Raspberry Cake

For my birthday I received a wonderful new cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi called SIMPLE. There are so many recipes I want to try in here! But this first one that I have...