Main course soup di Philipio — by Lucy on Friday, 20 September 2013

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It's been six days of OJ-swigging and Echinacea-guzzling, but the FK household still can’t shake off a cold. Stuffy nose, blocked ears, ...

Use-up-yolks-cookies — by Lucy on Thursday, 19 September 2013

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After a pavlova disaster a few weeks back, I found myself with ten egg yolks stacked up in the fridge. There's only so many sunshine-yel...

Bircher Muesli — by Lucy on Wednesday, 18 September 2013

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One of my favourite holidays as a little girl was a trip to Ireland. We stayed at Ballymaloe House, then a little-known manor house in the s...

Parisian macarons — by Lucy on Tuesday, 17 September 2013

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“Paris is the only city in the world where starving to death is still considered an art,” wrote Carlos Ruiz Zafón. So no wonder whenever I v...

Jammie Dodgers — by Lucy on Monday, 16 September 2013

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It was family tea time at ours on Sunday, and since I knew I'd be making a big birthday cake on the morning, and Saturday was full of pl...

Beach cake — by Lucy on Monday, 16 September 2013

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The brainstorming wasn't going well. My mother-in-law's birthday was on the horizon, so I asked Mr Finchley Kitchen for cake ideas. ...

Millionaire's date biscuits — by Lucy on Thursday, 12 September 2013

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Celebrations in my family tend to take place around a table, and it's always heaving with food. This recipe for sticky date biscuits com...

Patriotic Pavlova — by Lucy on Wednesday, 11 September 2013

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Brr, it's cold out there. Yesterday I was yearning for a taste of those not-so-long-ago summer days. and decided that pavlova, heaving w...

Foccacia feast — by Lucy on Wednesday, 11 September 2013

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Well, we can't always eat cake. Sometimes, something savoury is called for and I couldn't believe how easy it was to make a slab of ...

Pat a cake, pat a cake, bake me a house — by Lucy on Tuesday, 10 September 2013

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Given the choice, I'd much rather bake a cake than relax in front of the TV, but my favourite evening-at-home activity has to be decorat...

Battenberg baking — by Lucy on Wednesday, 4 September 2013

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Back in the day, the very best after-school treat was a little packet of Mr Kipling's mini Battenbergs. They were only ever a one-day wo...