A selection of things I enjoyed and am grateful for from 2014.
Category: Food
I love to cook, and in particular right now I’m trying to master the art of breadmaking. So here are my foodie thoughts and experiments.
Christmas Recipe Roundup
A selection of recipes we cooked over the Christmas period.
Cinnamon and Mincemeat Tear-and-Share Snowflake
A festive recipe, combining the best of mince pies and cinnamon rolls, with an interesting pattern.
Jay Rayner on ‘Third Wave’ artisanal coffee
Jay Rayner gives the ‘Third Wave’ artisanal coffee-mongers a proper roasting (forgive the pun!)
Orange Cassata Cake
The Sophia Loren of cakes: a recipe for Dan Lepard’s cassata cake.
The Pedant in the Kitchen, by Julian Barnes
A collection of essays from Julian Barnes on the intersection of pedantry and cookery.
Red Onion Focaccia
A recipe for roasted red onion focaccia
Cinnamon and Blackberry Cake
A recipe from Dan Lepard for a wholemeal cinnamon and blackberry cake.
Pain Rustique
A great recipe for a white sourdough hybrid loaf
Slow Roast Rib of Beef
Heston Blumenthal’s rib of beef with mustard and tarragon sauce.
Liam Thatcher 