We had a bake-off at work (e3 Media) today.  Rules: Bring in something you’ve baked (savoury or sweet) and we all pick our favourite along the criteria of flavour, appearance and originality.  Pretty much everyone turned up with something and we had some great food from quiche to cakes.  It was a great day, although […]

I like my curries.  I have a couple of recipe books and I have my staple recipes, but I don’t feel I really understand Indian spices – I think it is because I’m  used to cooking where I know what affect each of the ingredients has on the dish, whereas in Indian cooking there is […]

I think people fall in to two categories when it comes to following recipes.  There are those who like to follow recipes in detail, following every little instruction in order to the get the exact result the chef we trying to get across.  Then there are those who use a recipe as a guide, giving […]