These mushroom tarts have an unusual spice combination, due to being based on a redaction (recreation) of a medieval recipe. I owe the recipe development in part to my friend Sam, who had mostly worked out the recipe long before the two of us began an annual undertaking to make […]
Lots of people claim their brownie recipe is the best in the world. I’m happy with just calling mine really good. Being simple to make is one of the best things about brownies so I’m not a fan of complicated undertakings with melting real chocolate and so on, but I […]
I grew up in a pretty isolated part of New Zealand, which meant that bakery or supermarket supplied hot cross buns were not a possibility. My mother, who was extremely good at innovating home versions of things we couldn’t get easily, would make us lightly spiced, stickily glazed buns from […]