My lovely friend Alice introduced me to the delights of the Dominique Ansel bakery in London today. Dominique Ansel invented the Cronut – a croissant-donut hybrid which I encountered first in the Dum Dum Donutterie Zebra cronut – so I was excited to try the original. […]
Sarah: Anna’s husband bought her a place on this workshop by one of our favourite doughnut creators, and I joined her for a pre-Christmas treat. Bread Ahead have a bakery school in Borough Market and we were a class of 16 novices there for three hours […]
My husband and I visited Copenhagen last week. I’d read Helen Russell’s ‘A Year of Living Danishly’ in my book group and the city’s mixture of art, design and gastronomic attractions really appealed to me. We went twice to the Copenhagen Street Food Market on […]
Every time there is a sign for doughnuts, I see it well before everyone else – I am somehow naturally drawn to them as if they are calling to me. During a windy trip to Westfield in Stratford, I spotted the Doughnut Time van and […]
I’ve previously written about my attempt to make mini baked churro doughnuts and promised a follow-up post on the tins I used. I know this has been much anticipated (I’m fully aware this is quite a niche post…) so I’m finally writing it. I started off […]
My lovely friend Alice introduced me to the delights of the Dominique Ansel bakery in London today. Dominique Ansel invented the Cronut – a croissant-donut hybrid which I encountered first in the Dum Dum Donutterie Zebra cronut – so I was excited to try the original. […]
As mentioned previously, I live in a rural area so don’t have ready access to high-end doughnuts all the time (and can get a bit jealous of Sarah given how many she manages to seek out without even trying) so I thought I’d have […]
Sam and I went to Bill’s in Soho before a trip to the Gielgud theatre to see the Robert Harris’ Cicero plays (very good, but the books are even better…). We needed somewhere reliable for good food at a reasonable price and with speedy service. […]
Two of my passions collided last month: stationery and doughnuts. This came courtesy of Pipsticks – a stationery subscription service from the US. I signed up 9 months ago (with a teacher discount) and each month they send 14+ strips of stickers in the post for approx. […]
I was in Borough Market on Wednesday. The conversation with Anna went like this: S: Spending the day drawing in Borough Market today. A: Drawing doughnuts? S: That would be good. Nope – day 3 of drawing school. Mum: Enjoy A: Make sure you get […]
Not quite in the same league as Agua Na Boca but if I can pick up churros from M&S Waterloo on my way home, chuck them in their cinnamon sugar and into the oven for 8 minutes and eat on my sofa while watching Mary […]
We don’t spend all our time swanning around London markets and European cities in search of the best doughnuts; when I know I’m going to be meeting up with Anna, I try to find a doughnut which I can bring with me. This time it […]
A while back I visited Cambridge with some friends and we stopped at Soboro after we had lunch, to get something sweet for dessert. Soboro is a Japanese and Korean bakery and half of the items available seemed to have matcha in. I didn’t spot […]