This recipe follows exactly the same method as my recipe for coconut caramels, but where the coconut caramels came out tasting buttery and caramellish and almost popcorny, these almond caramels came out tasting almost exactly like nougat. It’s kind of…
This recipe has been haunting me for nearly a fortnight. Actually, my kitchen has been haunting me generally. “Caaaaaatherine!“, it has moaned in the dread hours before dawn “Why have you forsaken me? Why is my oven cold and empty? …
I’ve been having a chocolate week. One of those weeks where the only thing – absolutely and utterly the only thing – keeping me going has been chocolate and sweets. Not even good, dark chocolate either – just the sort…
Yeah, I think we all knew that I wasn’t going to miss Raw Food Day just because I’m not supposed to stand or walk much on this silly possibly-broken toe. Besides, I needed chocolate. And I had freeze-dried raspberries! Like…
It hurts to write this. No, literally, it *really* hurts to write this, mostly because in a feat of macho stupidity, I walked more than 23 kilometers yesterday, and now even sitting at my computer hurts. My whole body is…
This recipe is the fault of my friend Scott, which seems a little unfair, since it actually isn’t the recipe he asked for, and in fact probably isn’t going to do him much good at all! Sorry, Scott – the…
I have to admit, given that March has been something of a hell-month for me, I’d rather decided that I would let the March Vegetarian Challenge slide quietly into oblivion. But then the fabulous Johanna of Gourmet Green Giraffe made…
I’m still taking orders for jellies this week, so act now, before it’s too late! I’ve been very diligent this weekend, and should be able to start filling orders for people on Tuesday. As a reminder, the prices are: $15…
I’m starting even later this year with the confectionery, but yes, I am doing it again!
I’ve been making agar jellies for a few years, since agar is a good vegetarian substitute for gelatine, and also because it’s fun to feed scientists agar, because they either love it or get really appalled by the idea. (Agar…
