Such a sad post to be writing. Our beloved poodle Ziggy passed on today.
He was an old boy, with his share of health problems, but such a sweet, gentle dog. He loved men: the photo below shows him following my Dad around the garden, he loved his ball and he had the softest curls.
We [...]
What a perfectly lovely meal we had last night! I have to share, even though I forgot my camera…very stupid mistake, as dinner was at my mother’s and she is a fabulous cook with the most beautiful sense of charm and style you can imagine. Her platters and dinnerware, her table setting: all perfect.
France is [...]
This is for serving with the Christmas pudding. I will make packet custard too, but will liven it up with a grate of nutmeg and a slurp of brandy. I would like to say I’d be making custard or sweet white sauce from scratch…. my Mum might get the urge after dinner. You never know [...]
There was a moment of horror and dread when our team leader said we would have our department meeting over the road this afternoon, at a beautiful cafe that specialises in all things chocolate. Now, I work with the most delightful, supportive group of people there is. And my manager is a 100% rock-solid woman [...]
notquitejunecleaver wrote a post that mentioned a recipe for no knead bread she hoped to try. While her recipe is quite different from the one I use, she is 100% right in saying that this bread took the blog/flog world by storm!
I stumbled across the no knead bread phenomenon earlier this year, and I have to say it is [...]
This meal contains some of my favourite Asian ingredients - pandan, jasmine rice, curry leaves, turmeric, curry paste + some “everyday” staples like cauliflower, peas ,tomato, and prawns.
I have always wanted to grow pandan, but haven’t been able to buy a plant yet. I use the frozen leaves. They are aromatic, cheap and handy, but [...]
I love happy home makers blog
She writes beautiful posts and has some fabulous Malaysian recipes along with posts on feng shui, health and home making in Kuala Lumpur.
I will be making these for Christmas nibbles.
Malaysian Baked Curry Puffs
Although I usually serve a fried curry puff, these look delicious and frankly, deep frying does make a bit [...]
and notquitejunecleaver has a fabulous step-by-step tutorial on making the Christmas Cake/rich fruit cake. Go have a look, it’s a lovely blog.
The volunteers who help with all the queries from WordPress bloggers are just amazing. Hats off to you all.
They have taught me how to insert a hyperlink, like this one , and answered questions about things like photos, widgets and stats. I had no idea what a widget was until I started blogging.
I usually have the wonderful [...]
The order’s in and I’m over onto it.
The photo shows about a quarter of the cakes I need to make this week.
I’ve put in a photo of last week’s cakes too. That’s how I need to ice them tomorrow. Pink buttercream with “glass” sugar sprinkles.
The client hs requested the foil lined cupcake liners this week.
