Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
I am not a stickler for doing everything from scratch but I much prefer to make my own mince pies. I am inevitably disappointed by shop-bought mince pies. The problem is the pastry. Even with the fancy brands, I don’t enjoy the pastry nearly as much as when I make it myself. I also find [...]
Will Peach is one of the site editors over at Gap Daemon, the gap year travel website for backpackers and young travellers. He has written a guest post for me on Christmas in London, which I know from experience is one of the best places to spend Christmas. Will has done a great job researching [...]
We cook up a feast for our first Thanksgiving in America. Thanksgiving is a peculiarly North American holiday. In the United States it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November and in Canada it is the second Monday in October and is, I believe, more of a harvest festival. Perhaps readers can enlighten me [...]
A Christmas Day discovery leads me to invent a tart in honour of the Oranges and Lemons nursery rhyme. On Christmas morning after a delicious brunch of Scandinavian pancake and opening the presents under the tree, we went for a walk. In serendipitous fashion, we discovered the Bells of Stepney from the children’s nursery rhyme [...]
When will that be? Say the bells of Stepney One of the wonderful things about London is how much the place is steeped in history. No matter where you are in London, it seems you can’t turn around without stumbling on something of historical interest. Our Christmas Day walk through the East End was no [...]
I had this for Christmas brunch but it’s also great as a dessert or as a festive brunch any time of year. My cousin Rhia has a family tradition of making Scandinavian pancake for Christmas brunch. They are quite decadent but surprisingly easy to make so they are perfect for Christmas morning, especially if your [...]
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