Tag: baking

Anyone for apple pie?

Yesterday morning, I went over to my Mum’s for coffee. I do this most Saturday mornings, and so do my aunts, and we have a catch up, and we enjoy it, I think, partly for each others’ company and partly for the fact that, a generation ago, we used to gather at my grandparents’ house [...]

Cancer Free Friday: Bah! Brownies

(Cancer-free, but not calorie-free, this one. If you’re on a diet, diabetic, sugar-free, wheat-free or dairy-free, look away now.)

I thought, it being Friday and all, you might fancy a chocolate brownie. As the internet is not yet sophisticated enough to let you help yourself, here’s the next best thing: the recipe. I promise you, they [...]

In which pink works, for once

‘Pink to make the boys wink,’ my Granda used to say. I’m more of a ‘pink to make me look really washed out and peculiar’ girl, myself. And although I understand the need for a strong identity for causes, there are times when I wish that breast cancer had bagged mauve or indigo or even [...]