Archive For April 2022
From BBC Food James Martin turns a classic cake into an indulgent muffin, packed full of lemony zing. Ingredients 2 eggs, beaten 85g/3oz caster sugar 240ml/8fl oz milk 100ml/3½fl oz vegetable oil 300g/10oz plain flour 3 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 4 lemons, zest only For the topping 50g/2oz icing sugar…
From Sainsbury’s Moist little muffins with banana and honey. Serves: 12 Preparation time: 10 Minutes Cooking time: 20 Minutes Ingredients 250g self raising flour, sifted 25g soft dark brown sugar 50g butter, melted 2 small ripe bananas, mashed 2 medium size eggs, beaten 2 tablespoons clear honey plus 2 teaspoons 5 tablespoons milk 3…
James L. Nederlander, Jamie Wilson, Hunter Arnold, Playful Productions and the English National Opera present LERNER & LOEWE’S MY FAIR LADY Book and Lyrics by ALAN JAY LERNER Music by FREDERICK LOEWE Directed by BARTLETT SHER New York’s Lincoln Center Theater’s critically acclaimed and multi award-winning production of Lerner & Loewe’s much loved MY FAIR LADY will transfer…
Deliciously Polish outdoor cooking. In these difficult times we long to get back to nature. To have fun. To enjoy convivial company and delicious food. Men with the Pot Cookbook is penned by two Polish chaps living in Ireland, and it’s stuffed with tempting recipes suitable for outside preparation. Kris Szymanski and Slawek Kalkraut evidently…
National Tea Day – Thursday 21 April 2022. It’s National Tea Day on 21 April providing the perfect excuse to mingle a favourite tipple – gin – with the nation’s favourite cuppa*. This Rock Rose G & Tea cocktail is, well, just our cup of tea. The bergamot notes in this fine, fragrant black tea…
Aromatic, warm or hot. The International Chilli Collection tin from Spice Kitchen is a winner. All their gift-quality collections are beautifully presented and superbly practical. This is the third spice box I have reviewed, and they are all of an equally high standard. This particular tin contains everything a cook will need to present chilli-warm…
Japanese food has become popular in the UK over these last few years. We can find sushi on every high street and ramen shops are everywhere. We want to learn more about Japanese food and we want to cook it at home. The Japan Centre has an online grocery store to supply all one’s needs…
The perfect bar juicer. Cocktails are more popular than ever. We have bottles of spirits and mixers. We watch celebrated mixologists prepare both classic and contemporary drinks, and when lime is an ingredient it’s always ‘freshly squeezed juice’ that they call for. KitchenCraft Lime Squeezer is an essential part of any bar kit. One can…
Languedoc-Roussillon Muscat de Frontignan. The Languedoc-Roussillon had for many years ‘enjoyed’ a rather dubious reputation in the realms of winemaking. For decades we found Languedoc-Roussillon bottles in our supermarkets that had been filled with, for the most part, cheap plonk. But there were always some good value gems hidden there, too. The vineyards of that…