Finding the new in the everyday
My oven is still broken (five weeks now) so this week I've been searching for some no-bake sweet treats, and somehow overlooked the one I've had saved in my phone since it first came out– Ravneet Gil's miso caramel tart. I prefer my sweet treats actually not very sweet at all, and the juxtaposition of… Continue reading Miso Caramel Tart
As you probably know, I tried many, many new things last year: some good, some bad, and some I didn't get quite right. There's a few that I'm happy to leave behind and accept I didn't get it right first time, but some eat away at me until I have to try them, again and… Continue reading Fougasse
The first hopeful spring days have arrived here in Frankfurt. After what seems like an endlessly long and dark winter, the sun has finally got its act together and made a very welcome appearance the past few days. Although winter is my favourite season (I love getting cosy under a blanket and hunkering down for… Continue reading Laksa
Another week, another new food to make. I've cut down on sugar for lent which is a whole...thing, so I've had to put my long list of sweet bakes to try to one side for a while, but that means I can dive into my equally long list of new dishes to try. Today's lucky… Continue reading Thukpa
I've tried to schedule some of the big bakes for my last couple of new things. After croissants and pain au chocolat, the other thing I really wanted to try making this year was doughnuts. I like a doughnut now and again, but my husband loves them and I thought it would be a really… Continue reading Day 365 – Doughnuts
Playing with bread is nothing new for me. I make a loaf of normal bread or attempt a sourdough once a week. I love making soft and fluffy bread buns, they're so satisfyingly squishy, that making bao, the soft as cloud Taiwanese buns, seemed like a natural new thing to try. I was excited to… Continue reading Day 339 – Made Bao Buns
This is the first bake from my Puff the Bakery course to nearly break me. I've made complex bakes before, the chocolate entremet from a couple of weeks ago being the most notable, but the opera cakes complex and multiple layers were a little too much to handle. Photo by Dima Valkov on Pexels.com The… Continue reading Day 331 – Opera Cake
Today's new thing was going to be a bit of a mad science experiment. I'd read a recipe that involved combining two of the most popular bakes of all time, the brownie and the cookie, brought together for the first time to create...the brookie! Photo by RF._.studio on Pexels.com Like a mad culinary scientist, I… Continue reading Day 322 – Made Brookies
Today's new thing is one I've been looking forward to and imagining since the summer. I'd been saving the last bake from Volume 1 of my baking course with Puff the Bakery until I had a special occasion, but now I'm well on my way in Volume 2 of the course, I need to know… Continue reading Day 319 – Chocolate Entremet
Rather than what two english gentleman clinking glasses together would say, today's new thing Chin Chin is the surprising name of a sweet Nigerian snack. I found the recipe a little while ago in an issue of BBC Good Food magazine and I've been waiting for the right time to give this tasty sounding dish… Continue reading Day 317 – Chin Chin
New Day, New Thing 