We need to tell you about our new favourite obsession – CHOCOLATE BABKA. Now, if you’re American or have spent any time in New York, you probably know all about babka already. Hey, if you’ve watched “that” Seinfeld episode, you too know what a babka is. However, here in the UK it’s relatively unknown – … Continue reading
Yes it’s definitely autumn here in London. Blustery (love that word), rainy, chilly and damp. As ever in London, it seems autumn always creeps up on us – one moment we’re in jersey tops and jeans…and then we’re in jackets and jersey tops and jeans and our shoes are never quite dry. Crazy. And honestly, … Continue reading
Yes, you read that right. Carrot cake ice cream. As in a cream cheese flavoured and spiced ice cream with chunks of carrot cake stirred in. Absolutely gorgeous. Now, we don’t buy store-bought cakes because 1) they tend to be soooo dry and 2) we really enjoy making cakes. But this time, we totally give … Continue reading
We like our routine. We’re safe people. We like knowing what our day will bring. We like having the same breakfast a few days in a row. We like certainty. We like having a cup of English Breakfast first thing every morning and then another cup after our lunch. The thing is…it can get slightly … Continue reading
So our very first taste of suji ka halwa (Indian semolina pudding) was at the Hindu temple our grandparents used to frequent in Southall and occasionally drag us to on Sundays. Part of the ritual involved being given prashad from the priest – the sacrament, or the physical presence of God’s blessing. It could be … Continue reading
We’ve never really gotten the hang of our refrigerator. In principle, we understand that the lowest shelf is the coldest (good for storing meat) and the highest shelf isn’t (good for storing lettuce and spinach) …and then the back of all of the shelves are so cold that we have a block of Parmesan frozen … Continue reading
As you know, we have a real thing for spiced biscuits and speculoos are no exception. We were introduced to them when we visited our lovely friend Olivia who lives in Brussels. Speculoos (as they are called in Belgium) or speculaas (as they are called in Holland) are spiced biscuits made with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, … Continue reading
Last year, we took a little winter trip to Delhi – just us and the other ladies in our family. We got our nails done, shopped a little and ate all the foods we miss during the year. It was so much fun and a great escape into nostalgia. There’s nothing like being able to … Continue reading
Yes! It’s finally December so we can actually embrace Christmas fully and openly. For a few weeks now, we’ve been playing Christmas music on the sly, buying Christmas chocolate and gifts, putting cinnamon on everything, and looking up at the lights on Oxford Street. We even had a mince pie in November. It was sacrilege … Continue reading
So we believe that every cook has a “nemesis” recipe. That one recipe that always starts with the best of intentions and then fails miserably. That recipe for us is the recipe for Honeycomb/ Cinder Toffee. It’s really not meant to be! We have all the ingredients, we have all of the necessary equipment. And … Continue reading
sugar chai honey bunch 