If I had wanted an American-style biscuit, I would have made scones, but what I was craving was a good, old-fashioned English-style biscuit (from the French for twice baked). Digestives come in two varieties; plain and chocolate. What I have produced here is a splice of a digestive and a ginger nut. Why? Because I…
Archives for October 2017
Thai Chicken Coconut Soup (Tom Kha Gai)
With cold weather around the corner, maybe it’s time to think about some hot soup recipes. Here’s a good one that I was sure I had posted before, but cannot find anywhere on the site. Anyway, this is a simple and delicious September 2013 Bon Appetit recipe, which tastes better with a minor change—using more…
Soda Bread
I learned to make bread before anything else. At the age of 13 or so, I loved to bake bread. It was all done by hand and it was all made with cakes of fresh yeast. Fresh yeast is one of the finest ingredients in the world. The smell and texture is other-worldly. The results…