Posted in Recipes on Sep 21st, 2009
If there is anything in need of a new name, it’s lemon curd. “Curd”, in my opinion, is a surly, sullen, four-letter word that evokes something grey, clumpy and barely digestible. It’s a word that sounds like it should be barked out as an insult in a school yard “Nyah, nyaaaaah you’re such a curd!”, [...]
Posted in Recipes on Sep 20th, 2009
There are certain fundamentals in a woman’s life that appear deceptively easy. Walking in stilettos. Liquid eyeliner. Breast feeding (this according to girlfriends who have experienced motherhood, not from personal experience). And baking perfect scones from scratch.
Scones, like stilettos and liquid liner, have long been my nemesis. In spite of the fact that they require [...]
