My favourite use for ripe bananas is in breads. I adapted this Edwardian banana bread recipe in which clever cooks used cooked pumpkin to provide bulk to the bread without affecting the flavour of the loaf. It still tastes like a banana. I have adjusted the recipe to cut the fat … [Read more...] about Edwardian Pumpkin Banana Bread
Holiday/Occasion
Downton Cooking Lesson: It’s All Gravy
It is Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. The Dowager might very well have asked her American nemesis Martha Levinson “What is Thanksgiving?” The British do not celebrate a one-day feast; instead, there is the month of Harvest Festival events. The Canadian Thanksgiving holiday … [Read more...] about Downton Cooking Lesson: It’s All Gravy
Final Countdown to Hogmanay and Downton Season 4
North Americans revel in Christmas celebrations and for us New Years is more of an after thought, one last party before getting back to business. In Scotland however, Christmas is a low key celebration with a build up to New Years, called Hogmanay, the biggest party of the year. … [Read more...] about Final Countdown to Hogmanay and Downton Season 4
Downton’s Drop Scones are Simply Delicious “Pocket” Pancakes
The US will soon will be alive with the sights and smells of Thanksgiving cooking. No time to dwell on Downton Abbey this week as shopping lists are being prepared from time honored recipes passed down from mother to daughter. If you think cooking for your extended family a few … [Read more...] about Downton’s Drop Scones are Simply Delicious “Pocket” Pancakes
Simnel Cake is Traditionally Served at Easter and Mothering Sunday
Spring has officially arrived, a time of birth, renewal and Easter. A moveable feast, Easter occurs the First Sunday after the Full Moon following the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. Just check a calendar, it’s much easier. Marking the end of Lent, Holy Week leads … [Read more...] about Simnel Cake is Traditionally Served at Easter and Mothering Sunday
