The Cookbook Guru is Going On The Shelf

As the new year dawns so too does what happens in our kitchens change and I’m sad to say it’s time to call it a day and place The Cookbook Guru back onto… Continue reading →

Katie Ate Sizzling Prawns

   Lady Red Specs has shared with us a fabulous Sizzling Prawn dish inspired by What Katie Ate by Kate Quinn Davies. Sounds delicious!  Happy Reading and Happy Cooking, Leah 

Blood Orange and Rosemary Cake

   Taryn from Retro Food For Modern Times has baked a unique sounding cake for us, Blood Orange and Rosemary. A great post worth reading about the importance of quantities. Happy Reading and… Continue reading →

A Delayed Arrival

Many of you would have seen a previous post from me about us expecting our first child in September of this year and the potential of a few delays over the ensuing month’s… Continue reading →

Coffee, Walnut and Hazelnut Cake

My sincerest apologies for the delay in sharing this post with you all, but this is a last minute contribution to the previous month’s book we were cooking from, The River Cafe Cookbook… Continue reading →

November/December: What Katie Ate by Kate Quinn Davies

As the last book of the year we are turning our attention to a book that will be a very interesting experience I hope.  What Katie Ate is a cookbook based on the… Continue reading →

Thinking about 2016…already!

This year is disappearing faster than a cake at a kids birthday party and its time for us to start contemplating next years book list.  Yes I know, already! This year’s book club… Continue reading →

September/October: The River Cafe Cookbook by Rose Grey and Ruth Rogers

The next book in our series is still based in the Mediterranean, however we are branching out from breads and baked goods and heading into an Italian inspired cookbook called The River Cafe… Continue reading →

Cornmeal Cookies

Sherry from Sherry’s Pickings has shared with us a yummy looking biscuit recipe from The Italian Baker as part of this month’s The Cookbook Guru.  Proving that this book is much more than… Continue reading →

Pane Integrale con Miele: Wholemeal Bread

Francesca from Almost Italian has shared with us a beautiful looking Wholemeal Loaf (Pane Integrale con Miele) as part of our Cookbook Guru focus of The Italian Baker.  Check out the links at… Continue reading →