Organic Gardening
I know that normally this blog, although personal as regards anecdotes, isn’t personal as regards who I am and what-not. However I am pleased to announce that there will be a slight change… Read More
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Carrot Special – featuring Carrot Cake, Carrot Slaw and other Carrot-y ideas
Today has been such a gorgeous day I dashed out on the bike before lunch and did a quick 25 mile circuit to enjoy the warm air swirling round my legs, the lovely… Read More
Luscious Leek and Pasta Sort-of-Bake
I was in London when it started snowing, staying with a friend in her small bedsit and we turned the lights out and stood at the window watching the snow and drinking our… Read More
Photographs of my Food and Foraging Adventures
It is a great disappointment to me that when I make something and decide to blog it, I snap away with my camera and sadly some photos don’t end up making the cut.… Read More
Happy Christmas from VelvetAlphabet
I’m relaxing in front of the fire, with the Service of Nine Lessons and Carols from Kings College Cambridge and a glass of blackberry whisky. I hope that wherever you are, you’re doing… Read More
Royal Icing (on a Christmas Cake fit for Three Kings!)
At last, the end is in sight (as regards the Christmas Cake) and we’ve now reached the final hurdle – icing. It’s incredibly easy or incredibly difficult depending on how you want your… Read More
Magnificent Marzipan
This post serves a dual purpose – for those of you who have been cooking along, so to speak, and have made the Christmas Cake that seems to have taken over the blog… Read More
Christmas Cake – feeding and care
Advent has begun! I can now legitimately and without shame enjoy Christmas for a full 24 days. I spent the evening of the 1st of December wandering the streets of London giggling like… Read More
Gorgeous Gingerbread
When I was very small, my aunt made a gingerbread village for Christmas, with melted boiled sweets for windows and an icing sugar sprinkle of snow on the roofs and streets. Most magical… Read More
Traditional rich and fruity Christmas Cake (part 2)
As promised here is the second half of the Christmas Cake endeavour. Today I committed the afternoon to cake baking and filled the house with the smell of warm fruit cake. It’s traditional… Read More
