Nutella panna cotta with hazelnuts is a delicious panna cotta flavour. Adding hazelnut spread to the other panna cotta ingredients will get you a lovely…
One autumn morning on the Giant’s Causeway
A deserted beach made of massive basalt columns disappearing into the sea: the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. It was my favourite picture in a…
A distillery tour of Ireland
There was a time in my life when I thought that the difference between Scotch and Irish whiskey was just the spelling. One week spent exploring Irish whiskey…
Mini tarts with mushrooms and parmigiano
I’ve been an advocate of shortcrust vegetable pies for years. I started making them when I didn’t even have a tart pan but was using…
Szarlotka, the Polish apple juice and vodka cocktail
Szarlotka is Poland’s favourite way of drinking bison grass vodka in a cocktail. Clean vodka shots are a popular dinner accompaniment, but vodka cocktails are more…
Easy sponge cake recipe
This easy sponge cake recipe is one of my best secrets to perfect cake making. Of course everyone will focus on the filling and decoration…