Because my blog is my kitchen notebook, and because I keep having to look up these recipes ... and because, if you think you can't make ...

I made Tarte tatin for pudding the other night; it's an indulgence, but an enjoyable one - Lucius said it was the best thing I'd eve...

My sister brought Meyer lemons from her garden in California. It's impossible to buy a Meyer* lemon here, so it was a wonderful gift - t...

Breakfast this morning: yoghurt with stewed plums. Bliss. The plums were slightly past their best, but fully revived with a little muscovado...

I've never been very good at making Yorkshire pudding. Years of cooking on an Aga meant that by the time the meat was perfectly roasted,...

I'd forgotten, til I made it in front of an audience of about 200 at the NEC on Thursday, how easy it is to make custard. If you use a d...

Delicious, with a hint of cinnamon. Eat warm from the oven as pud, or cold for breakfast/elevenses. Much nicer than the appley-cinnamony pas...

Last night was the last time until Christmas that all six of us will sit down together to eat. So I made a quick pudding - I went into the g...

Traditional English crumble mixture uses equal quantities of butter and flour, and a bit more sugar (say, 4oz butter, 4oz flour, 6oz sugar)....

We went to the Theatre Royal Windsor last night to see a very good whodunnit ... disappointing that it was only about 1/3 full - normally o...

I don't keep butter in the house when the young are away, which made it tricky this afternoon when I took it into my head to cheer mysel...

Fabulous Easter pud - make it with the best chocolate you can find. I make it with Willie Harcourt-Cooze 's Peruvian or Venezuelan , but...

This apple tart is quick and straightforward as apple tarts go, and there's the added oomph of thriftily boiling up the peels in the syr...

Very rich. A little less sugar next time. And half the quantity, unless there are 20 for dinner. 225g 85% plain chocolate 225g unsalted butt...

We're having our Christmas feast here tonight: smoked salmon, delicious roast lamb with lots of vegetables. I've made little lemon p...

There's a lot of leftover bread in this house this week ... most of two loaves of bread gets eaten at breakfast by ten oarsmen, which le...

These clementines filled the house with their spicy scent this morning when I came down to let the dogs out, make tea, and fetch the newspap...

As you know, I'm always on the lookout for puddings which are predominantly fruit, but a little more exciting than just eating the fruit...

I've made a version of this Christmas pudding once or twice in the past - one without suet (rock solid saturated animal fat), butter, or...

On Friday we went out for Lucius's office dinner in this lovely upstairs dining room at the Hind's Head at Bray, Heston Blumenthal...