FINALLY!  The sun is actually out and its beginning to feel warm!  So before it disappears again, taking our sorry excuse for a summer with it, time to get some appropriate beverages chilling in the fridge, like this easy peasy lemon squeezy homemade sweet iced tea.  The secret ingredient is bicarb, a pinch of which stops the final brew from going cloudy.  But you really can’t go wrong with a glass of this (or a jar, which seems to be...

The first time Hubby and I went to NYC we found ourselves in this fabulous diner in Chelsea for breakfast, one of those ones in a long railway car, all retro and shiney, and had quite possibly the most delicious french toast ever. It was so good that we had to ask the staff what on earth they had done to it … turns out the magic was using melted vanilla ice cream instead of milk… the crazy geniuses! Needless to say we couldn’t...

Sometimes, you just want to throw something together for supper that’s quick and easy and uncomplicated but without compromising on the tasty.  This is just one of those  dishes, and something that Hubby pretty much made up out of whatever was in the kitchen one night. The big show off…  However, the flavour is that yummy that I can’t hold his genius ability to cook something out of nothing against him And for a dish...

Well, as Fifi mentioned in her last post, Autumn is right upon our doorstep, and with it comes crisp air, the rich, musty scent of Autumn leaves, and warming food that sticks to your ribs. Count me in! Being an American, cold-weather food for me will always have to include casseroles, and this is just one of many that I like to foist upon Fi. This one’s a bit different though; a result of a lot of tinkering with combinations, that owes a...

As an American, I’m a big fan of soups. That said, it’s taken me awhile to come around to the British penchant for putting seemingly every soup they eat through the blender/liquidiser first. It took me even longer to bring Fifi around to loving soup too, but I like to think that I’m winning that battle these days. With that in mind, and with our hint of Spring proving to be a lie, here’s a little something I threw together to ward off the cold....