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
Thanksgiving
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
