Usually, this blog serves two purposes. It provides a place for me to store recipes I like, otherwise they get scribbled on scraps of paper which get thrown away. Secondly, it’s a place which allows me to ramble on about whatever I fancy…before making a very tenuous link to the recipe, and getting on with some cooking.…
Christmas Traditions: Marzipan Fruit
Christmas is a time of tradition. But tradition is a fluid thing.
For a while there was the tradition of Dad finding waifs and strays on Christmas Day and bringing them back for lunch—but that petered out after couple of real odd balls….
Painting the food I eat
I don’t know what you were up to on your Friday night - pub, club, Christmas party…well, I was chilling out in the flat (literally - the heating system is far too complex for me to understand), and doing a spot of painting - living the high life!
…anyway-here’s the result. Some acrylic apples to hang on my wall.
Hello – I'm Rachel Walker – food writer and cook. I live in East London with my very tolerant husband, who is often alarmed to find pig trotters or brining lamb tongues floating in the fridge. 
