I have this recipe written in one of my many recipe notebooks I have created over the years. It came from a British cookbook, but I can’t remember which one, though I vaguely think it might be from a little novelty book of wartime recipes. Wherever it come from, it is a good, sturdy recipe to have handy. A classic British flapjack is a sweet, syrupy oat snack, but these are … [Read more...] about Savory Cheddar Flapjacks
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Comté Cheese Tart
There is a restaurant in London that I love called Noble Rot (there are three locations). I have been there for dinner a few times and love the creative food. I didn’t know they served lunch until one day I was in the area looking for another restaurant which turned out to be closed. Walking back up the street, I fell over. Just face planted on the pavement for no apparent … [Read more...] about Comté Cheese Tart
Egg Lorraine Baguette Boat
Sometimes you see an image of a dish online or in a magazine and it is so pretty and seems so simple that you rush out to recreate it. And it is a huge disappointment. Either the taste is awful or it was not at all as easy as it seemed, or it just isn’t very pretty. I think there is a whole Pinterest fails community that addresses this. Let me tell you though, this is not one … [Read more...] about Egg Lorraine Baguette Boat
Hard Cider Cheese Dip
I love cheese dip in all it’s forms. Beer cheese is such a fall classic and to be honest I started this process thinking I would create some kind of Oktoberfest beer dip, but I’ve already hit that note with delicious Bubbling Beer and Bacon. It struck me that hard cider would add a really interesting sweet and savory contrast that would be delicious with salty pretzels and … [Read more...] about Hard Cider Cheese Dip
Wine-Soaked Camembert with Honey Brown Butter
In aid of an ongoing research project, I recently acquired a cookbook from 1969 written by Helen Gurley Brown called Single Girls Cookbook. Helen Gurley Brown was the editor in chief at Cosmopolitan Magazine for 32 years and as such had a huge influence on women – how they perceived themselves and how they were perceived. She wrote Sex and the Single … [Read more...] about Wine-Soaked Camembert with Honey Brown Butter
