Yesterday evening, I read a Michael Didbin novel about Venetian detective Aurelio Zen. Reading about Italy reminded me of an Italian friend of mine, Franco. Thinking of Franco made me think of simple but good food.
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Tag Archives: Baking
A bitsa of a day
21 November, 2011 
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I was awake at 5.30am today after a restless night thanks to my brain throwing up far too many ideas for short stories, character sketches and writing assignments. I remained in bed for a while, enjoying a moment of leisure, before leaping out of bed just before 6am, racing off to the shower for a […]
Read moreDrooling over banana cake
29 August, 2011 0 Comments
I’m sitting at my desk, sipping black coffee, making phone calls to find buyers for our pigs and pork, and drooling as I do. I realise that almost certainly sounds like a strange thing to be doing, even allowing for the fact that I am both somewhat toothless and ageing. There is a more prosaic […]
Read moreOne layer cake with chocolate swirls, sir!
29 January, 2011 2 Comments
When the boys’ birthdays approach, we have a discussion about their birthday dinner and cake. After thrashing out a few ideas, they order their meal and I produce it. This year, the Wee ‘Un requested mince and tatties with lashings of tomato sauce and toast. For a cake, he asked for a double-layer vanilla cake […]
Read moreLet me guess, chocolate, more chocolate and cream?
26 January, 2011 1 Comment
The Big Lad needed little thought to decide what he wanted for his birthday dinner order. “I’d like roast pork, roast potatoes, vegetables, pickled beetroot and a huge double chocolate cake with jam and loads of cream, please,” he said. The resulting cake had twice as much chocolate as the original recipe, plus a generous […]
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