I’ve been going through my mother’s old recipe box.  Remember those?  Most of our mothers and grandmothers had them–a green metal box that held index-sized recipe cards, with alphabet tabs.  Recipes used to be passed around among friends and family, so many of the cards had titles like “Marie’s Breakfast Casserole” or “Tillie’s Cheese Dip.” [...]

Apologies for not having posted more from this visit to London.  It’s been such a blur I’ve had a hard time remembering what I’ve done the day before, much less managing to write it down in either the blog or the trusty trip journal I like to keep. I can blame at least part of [...]

Sunday, October 2, 2011 STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING DEBORAH CROMBIE: The first time I had Sticky Toffee Pudding was in London, at the Oriel Brasserie in Sloane Square. A very English desert for such a French restaurant, but oh, my, I was hooked. They served it warm (as it should be) with a swirl of toffee [...]