Raspberry crumble
Despite the erratic periods of rain and sun in the past couple of months, it’s a fecund year for the raspberries. We bought the two raspberry canes two years ago…
Baking
Gingerbread cookies for Christmas
It has been quite a while since I made gingerbread cookies. I did not make it last December as we had just discovered Ikea’s VINTERSAGA Ginger thins. The spiced (ginger,…
Strawberry fest
Strawberry Tart I should have paid more attention to my patch of strawberries. My negligence has led to the discard of many strawberries that got sunburnt. The discarded ones have…
Christmas holidays start with homemade muffins
Holidays have almost begun! Today is the first day when I don’t have to teach at the university. The university classes restart on 3 Jan. Well, I say ‘almost’ because…
Lazy Sunday and apple cinnamon rolls
I woke up to a wet, wet autumn Sunday. Through the window of my makeshift study cum bedroom window, I could see that it rained again in the night. Rain…