I’ve been doing a series of on-line live bake-ins exclusively for visually impaired people – and even getting bakers taking part from different parts of the world. The goal is to make enough different bakes to create a celebration tea…
My hand injury is still recovering so the beekeeping sous chef has been responsible for conjuring up outstanding flapjacks for friends who have dropped in for tea since we could meeting the garden. Even though most of us have done…
No cooking this time: last week’s injury has turned into this week’s spiral fracture of the fifth metacarpal in my right hand which is now encased in a splint for the next month. It has massive impact: can’t use my…
I keep forgetting that being over-confident often ends up in tears. Starting to feel miles better as the fatigue and physio therapies progress, I was moving much more quickly. Consequence: misjudged where the wall was, smacked my hand on…
Thanks to Open Sight in Hampshire (UK), we are now an international group of visually impaired people baking together to create classic tea-time treats that we will be able to share with friends and family once our virus restrictions are…
I was Celebrating International women’s Day on 8 March with a bread anyone can make (5 minutes mixing plus 30 in the oven). Ideal for women (and men) who want something simple and homemade after a day at work ,…
Risotto pescatori. Liz, I know that you are out there! I wonder if you remember us searching restaurants in Caserta looking for one that would serve both spaghetti alla putenesca for you and risotto pescatori for me? My recollection…
What Government organisation interacts with just about every disabled person in the country and should be leading the field on accessibility etc? Give up? It is our National Health Service and you may already have heard the reports that disabled…
Another week of culinary experiments – it is good to have the leisure with lock-down. Firstly, I’m proud to report that the sous chef’s panettoni was magnificent on the second try and made full use of the faffing candied…
No, it was super to be doing another on-line cook-in this week -mainly people from Hampshire but also drop-ins from India and Holland. We were doing the excellent ginger biscuits which seemed to work for most people but…
