Ratatouille

Ratatouille

A Provencal classic, Ratatouille is the perfect vehicle for a mound of late summer produce. Tomatoes, summer squash, zucchini, eggplant and bell peppers are lightly simmered into a tasty vegetable stew, in which the toothsome texture of the ingredients remains. Its...
Dancing Hares Cake

Dancing Hares Cake

It usually starts with a plate; I can’t count the number of times a pattern has inspired a coordinating baked good, often a cake, but sometimes cupcakes or cookies. Swiss Meringue Buttercream is a most forgiving “paint”. All it takes is a box of gel...
Watermelon Popsicles

Watermelon Popsicles

It wouldn’t be summer without popsicles. As a child, I was all over the luridly-coloured, artificially-flavoured frozen sugar water so popular at the time. (Truth be told, I can still be persuaded to join in if a cherry or a sadly, increasingly hard-to-find, lime one...