All About Butter & How to Make Hollandaise Sauce
Filed Under Food History, Kitchen Tips, Recipes, France, India, United Kingdom, USA
Butter. Yes, butter. Today we're all about butter, and it's not because it's national butter day (evidently that is October 25th–who knew?), nor because we've accidentally over-whipped the cream and ended up with it by accident (yes, that has happened). So why butter? Butter is one of the most versatile of ingredients. It is part of the magic that goes into such dissimilar things as flaky puff pastry and creamy… Read
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Recipe for Rice Pudding
Filed Under Food History, Recipes, United Kingdom, USA
Rice pudding is at heart a type of porridge like any other. It incorporates a grain (rice), a liquid (usually milk or milk and water), a sweetener (sugar, honey), and spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla, cardamom, ginger). It can include fresh fruit, fruit zest, dried fruit, nuts, and egg (which gives it a custard-y texture). I've read it hearkens back to Tudor times in Great Britain, but it is popular where… Read
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Simple White Cake with Pastry Cream Filling
Filed Under Recipes, What's Up at TIK, United Kingdom, USA
This simple white cake recipe, taken straight from the legendary Mary Berry, is super versatile and can be adapted to a number of fillings and frostings. It's so simple it literally has 3 ingredients! It has become one of our go-to recipes at home, to the point that my kids can whip it up on their own. One of our favorite ways to prepare it is with a simple pastry… Read
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Recipe for Lemon Posset
Filed Under Cooking Videos, Food History, Recipes, United Kingdom
We have a new obsession in our house, and it's lemon posset (pronounced "paw-set"). Fabulously simple (it has only 3 ingredients), stunningly luscious, it is our new favorite dessert. What is a posset? We know it as a creamy, lemony dessert from Britain that a bit like a pudding. Browse more of our recipes. An online search reveals that it was originally made with milk curdled with spiced wine or… Read
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Recipe for English Crumpets
Filed Under Food History, Kitchen Tips, Recipes, United Kingdom
In honor of our new cooking vacation in the United Kingdom, Quintessential Cotswolds Culinary tour in England, we're sharing a favorite recipe for crumpets, that delicious English pastry that is something of a cross between an English muffin and a pancake. Crumpets are made with a yeast dough and made on a hot griddle, much like what we refer to as English muffins in the US, but the dough is… Read
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The Best Culinary Vacation in Scotland
Filed Under Destination Features, Travel Tips, United Kingdom
We think we have the very best culinary vacations in Scotland, and our travelers seem to agree, as they have rated our Undiscovered Scotland trip 5 out of 5 stars. Discover authentic Scotland and live like a local for a week during this authentic foodie vacation. If you never considered Scotland for a culinary vacation, think again: as a recent culinary traveler commented, "We cooked an array of Scottish foods… Read
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