...because, let's be honest, any plans of baking up a non-Christmas-related storm disappeared the instant the countdown to our annual yuletide festivities started. As my family have a tradition of making presents...
Read MoreJuly Nosh
Marmalade, French classics and a few tasty treats from the team behind London's Honey & co. - just some of the delicious things we've been trying this month here at Keeler & Spon...
Read MoreFebruary Nosh
From Smashing Plates and Kitchen Diaries, to preserves and oven-fresh bread; a snapshot of what's been cooking this February in the kitchen at Keeler & Spon...
Read MoreThe monthly nosh
One of the problems with writing a blog is that you're constantly pushing your own agenda. While it's always fun and certainly a good way to challenge yourself, it becomes such a big focus that at times you feel you're missing out. When there are so many great bakers and chefs out there to learn from I don't always want to be doing my own take on something, I want to be following their lead and seeing how it's really done...
Read MoreThe perfect scone
Every baker worth their salt should have a good scone recipe and, by Jove!, I think I've found it...
Read MoreBlackberry rose geranium creams
Some years ago now I had the pleasure of visiting the Agrarian Kitchen, a perfect little country oasis with everything I could ever want; from the covetable kitchen detail down to the impressive location and blissful way of life. Rodney and Séverine have worked very hard to establish the beautiful place they call home, and we are so fortunate that they have chosen to share it in the guise of a sustainable, farm-based cooking school as it really is such a delight to visit...
Read MoreSeasonal regional: Puckering up
While I suspect that winter isn't ready to leave us just yet a few milder days have hinted at the promise of spring. So, with the house delicately perfumed by jonquils and a desire to freshen things up, it felt like the perfect time to play with some of the more invigorating members of the Rutaceae family in cumquats and grapefruit...
Read MoreMidweek mayhem: Breakfast, lunch & jam
Time for midweek mayhem: round two, and a few new discoveries that have graced kitchen TPB of late...
Read MoreSeasonal regional: Blackberries
One of my favourite things to do during summer is go berry picking. To head off into the countryside with its hot sun, flies and prickles and return scratched, stained and with a bucket full of goodness. I mean, how else would you try to relax on the weekend?...
Read MoreTraditions: Merry Christmas
So it's that time of year when everyone starts getting merry, and for kitchen TPB that can mean only one thing - hampers!...
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