Before I had even written up our French Gite trip, I knew exactly what recipe I would include alongside the post – my absolute French favourite (well one of them) – Tarte au Citron…. It’s not like I can just pop along to M&S or Waitrose and buy one is it? So I have come […]
Food
White Chocolate & Matcha Brownies
Matcha, that fine powdered green tea so inherent to the Japanese tea ceremony, is used in thousands of things. From the immaculately served bowls of exquisitely coloured frothy tea, to Matcha flavoured cakes, sweets, icecream and even noodles. If you’re not overly keen, but you are about to visit Japan, may I […]
Recreating An English Summer Abroad (Cheat’s Pimms)
There are lots of things you will undoubtedly miss from home as an Expat. At some point you will hanker after foods that you didn’t actually eat very much back in the UK either, don’t ask me why. And there will be people who tell you to forget all that, and to embrace the food-stuffs […]
Black Forest Pavlova
I noticed that meringues seem to be quite the pudd. of the moment on my recent trip back to the UK. I spotted several patisserie windows filled with huge piles of the almost pillow sized confections, and in many colours and flavours too – with everything from chocolate, to raspberry pink and pistachio green… Forced […]
Japanese Style Steak Salad
Look away now if you are vegetarian, for this is a salad very much for carnivores! Unless of course you fancy switching the steak for tuna or tofu? Both of which I think would work equally well… It’s not all fish in Japan (although as you might imagine there is a lot!), and we were […]