#221 – Roast Chicken
And it tasted bloody good, too…
Tag: Food
#210: Late night dinner
‘How did it get so late so soon?’ – Dr Seuss
#206: Crème brûlée
‘He looks at you like you’re crème brûlée.’ – Kelly Moran, Ghost of a Promise
#205: Ice cream
‘Without ice cream, there would be darkness and chaos.’ – Don Kardong
#196: Oranges
‘Miss Jenkyns did not like to cut the fruit, for, as she observed, the juice all ran out nobody knew where, sucking [only I think she used some more recondite word] was in fact the only way of enjoying oranges.’ – Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford (Actually, I think this might be a tangerine but never mind…!)
#191: Birthday Cake
‘Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice.’ – Mary Berry
#169: Portuguese egg custard tart
‘I hope there’s pudding!’ – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix This time last year I went to Portugal for a friend’s wedding and ate some of the best food I’ve ever had. Although not served at the wedding, these custard tarts were among the highlights from my Portugal trip…
#165: Raspberry
‘Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.’ – Ruth Reichl With so much sun and so much rain, my garden is thriving despite my best efforts. Look – raspberries!
#160: Sticky bun
‘Baking is like washing–the results are equally temporary.’ – Patricia Briggs, Raven’s Shadow A photo from my 2013 baking challenge. I was a better photographer than I was a baker, but I really should bake these again…
#143: Pie and mash
‘We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.’ – David Mamet, Boston Marriage