christmas

A variation on the Recipe - Melomakarona (Greek Honey Cookies) ... Makes: 24-30 Ingredients For the Biscuits 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup olive oil ¼ cup sugar ½ cup brandy (or whiskey) 1 tablespoon orange zest ¼ cup orange juice For the syrup 1 cup honey...

Melomakarona: Greek Christmas Honey Cookies Melomakarona should come with a health warning. They are seriously addictive and not good for your waistline. I have taken the recipe from this website. We first came across them whilst cycling around the world, or at least trying to. The weather...

In our house the Christmas "bird" is a large turkey crown (we don't have a big enough oven to accommodate a whole bird and all the potatoes and veg etc. so we get a crown from the butcher around the corner and cook it on the top shelf). Are you a turkey family or do you cook a different bird...

With the advent of holiday seasons, I was wondering about diabetic people feeling excluded of the celebrations because in holidays food is particularly rich in all what they cannot eat. So that, I thought to share some recipes for the diabetic patient, but also to anyone wanting to taste...

With the advent of holiday seasons, I was wondering about diabetic people feeling excluded of the celebrations because in holidays food is particularly rich in all what they cannot eat. So that, I thought to share some recipes for the diabetic patient, but also to anyone wanting to taste...

OK, this is a once a year epic, you have been warned. It is best made around October half term and stored until Christmas. It is stunningly moist from the apple juice, but very heavy and simply wonderful for a hungry cyclist/mountaineer. We have omitted from the orginal recipe what we don't...