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Are we British ashamed of cream buns?
"The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust". T. H. White I actually started out with the idea of doing an oddments...
Jul 18


Wisps
"a small thin or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something." Oxford Languages "something frail, slight, or fleeting" Merriam-Webster...
Feb 18


Old fashioned magic - possets
"Posset is persistent. It’s patient. It seems archaic and impossible, but it’s also just a boozy custard which is very easy to...
Apr 27, 2024


Normandy apples and cream
"The best thing I know between France and England is the sea." Douglas William Jerrold Last week was a guru week and it was Jane...
Oct 16, 2023


A postscript
"chefs are the kind of wizards who are bursting to share the many spells they’ve learned about food that they have transported from the...
Sep 4, 2022


Cream - a guilty necessity
"Cream is milk's soul: the sweet, luscious top-of-the-bottle treat." Nikki Duffy/River Cottage Years ago now I made yet another cookbook...
Jun 3, 2022


Crème fraïche
"For me, crème fraïche is the number one top of the pops cook's ingredient in the cream family." Delia Smith The first time I...
Feb 3, 2022


Crème brulée - it's really English
"For some reason, a bowl of custard isn't seen as an appropriate dessert for a grown adult – but scorch the top and give it a French name...
Dec 27, 2021


Cream buns
“The fisherman fishes as the urchin eats cream buns, from lust.” T.H. White Almost the last item in the current Coles Magazine is this -...
Aug 20, 2021