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It’s Friday and I could not be happier about it. Weekends are wonderful all around but what I love most is that I have so much time to play in the kitchen and test new recipes. During the [...]

Since the second school term started last week, I have felt an enormous dip in my energy levels. It might be that the cold set in then too but whatever it is, all I want to do all day is snuggle [...]

Rich, meaty steak and mushroom stew topped with golden, flaky pastry. This steak and mushroom pot pie is the personification of comfort food. Now that the temperature has cooled down to a more [...]

This classic apple pie recipe with home-made shortcrust pastry, a beautiful lattice top and cinnamon-scented whipped cream tasted like home in every bite. I have this idea of how my future will [...]

Come on now. Don’t tell me that you are not drooling just a little at the thought of that buttery, flaky golden pastry. What if I told you that the pastry is simply a vessel for a savoury [...]

The most delicious no-bake banoffee pie recipe with a cloudy white chocolate mousse topping and buttery cookie base is a showstopping dessert. This is not the time to worry about your diet. This [...]

I cook for many reasons. It relaxes me when I feel stressed or emotional, it challenges me when I try new things and I love playing in the kitchen, coming up with new things. But one of the [...]

Bananas. Cream. Pie. Swoon. There just isn’t another pie that gets me as excited as banana cream pie. I mean unless you don’t like bananas, how does a creamy, custardy filling [...]

Melt-in-the-mouth braised lamb shanks in a red wine, onion and garlic sauce topped with golden puff pastry makes the ultimate lamb shank pie. Whenever I cook lamb shanks I think of my dad. When [...]