On the return journey of my recent Finland trip I had to pay an excess baggage fee. I looooove Finnish design and so had treated myself to a Marimekko umbrella to brighten up grey mornings, a couple of Pentik wooden butter spreaders and a super sharp Fiskar cheese slicer. I also bought a limited edition [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Ruisleipä Frustration
Posted in Food on August 30, 2010 | 25 Comments »
Baked Ameretti Peaches
Posted in Food, Recipes on August 28, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Can I sneak this idea in before the last of the summer peaches disappear? Hope so. It’s a lovely, lovely dessert for a late August evening. Simply pre-heat oven to 180 oC. Cut each peach in half (one per person) and take out the stone. Crumble an ameretti biscuit into each half of the peach, [...]
Yesterday Once More
Posted in Scotland on August 23, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Today sucks. Yesterday was wonderful. Sigh.
Mustikkapiirakka (Finnish Blueberry Pie)
Posted in Food, Recipes on August 21, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Admission – the pie in the above photograph is not one that I made myself. It was baked and served by my friend, Mari, and her partner, Janne, when I visited them in Tampere last week. As I’ve said many, MANY times before, I am not a dessert person. Give me savoury every time. This [...]
Cookbooks
Posted in Food on August 16, 2010 | 19 Comments »
This weekend The Observer published a list of the top 50 cookbooks ever. Compiled by regular Observer Food Magazine contributors and a host of well known chefs, it made for interesting and (as many books in the selection I had never heard of and I am always open to a new cookbook suggestion) potentially expensive reading. Now, [...]
Finland
Posted in Travel on August 14, 2010 | 13 Comments »
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Please Don’t Go
Posted in dogs on August 13, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Hello! I’m back from my holiday in Finland. It was a jam-packed week filled with travelling around the country, eating rye bread upon rye bread upon rye bread and catching up with friends. I have oodles of photos from my travels to share with you and more than a couple of recipes too. But I’m [...]
Postcard from Finland
Posted in Uncategorized on August 8, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Nähdään
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m off to Finland for the next seven days. Very excited. Back next week with photos of the trip. If you look over here, you’ll see photos from my last trip to the country. :)
Fresh Tomato and Basil Soup
Posted in Food, Recipes on August 2, 2010 | 21 Comments »
Don’t you think tomatoes this year are fantastic? Are they always this red and round and shiny? Are they? Has it just been such a long time since last summer that I don’t remember how great they were last year too? Perhaps. Maybe I’m just so excited about them this year because I’ve discovered the [...]
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