Inspired by marzipanning the Christmas cake yesterday and acutely aware of the looming Christmas Fair after the Carol Concert at our children's school, I decided to experiment with some sweet making this morning. Also, chidhood memories of Niederegg...
Read moreSteenbergs was featured in The Daily Telegraph's Christmas Gift Guide last Saturday (21 November 2009). Our Fairtrade Sugar & Spice Gift Box of 9 products was featured alongside some very illustrious others, including a Fortnum & Mason Hampe...
Read moreAnother symbol of the passing year. Another memory of cold, dark evenings. Another thread perhaps back to simpler times, perhaps even to pagan times. Bonfire Night has a special place in our annual celebrations, even though I know it’s not very PC...
Read moreWe all like coffee cake, and Sadie in the office has been demanding one for ages (and without walnuts on the top), so we’ve decided to try various recipes to see if we can come up with our favourite recipe. After all the effort of making it, she sai...
Read moreWhat to do with all that lovely pumpkin that you've got after scooping out your pumpkin, or just because they are such good value discounted in those shops that have overstocked. This year we've made a classic pumpkin pie - which was deliciously ind...
Read moreIt might have caused me sleepless nights and given me an undue amount of heartache and stress, but Steenbergs new range of Mulling Wine Spices in sachets has finally arrived. It's about 1½ months behind schedule and we have been having to disappoint...
Read moreOf course, you need a pudding/sweet to round off the indulgence of a delicious, groaning table of delicately spiced Indian food. Kulfi (Indian ice cream) has been made for ages and was served to the Moghul Emperors at their hedonistic courts in Delh...
Read moreIt's that harvesting time of the year, with the trees turning a golden brown and the fruit fulsome on the trees. I picked an armful of windfalls from our garden and took them inside to make apple sauce to have a with a delicious joint of pork that w...
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