When I lived in Manchester in the UK, I had a gloriously large kitchen – it was new, sparkly and it inspired me to cook. But four years on, and I’m living in a (very pretty) shoebox in Manhattan with virtually no kitchen. So as you’ve seen before, when I have an urge to cook, I quite …
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December 9, 2013
…made a gingerbread masterpiece

I’ve been to various creative Christmas exhibits this year and they’ve left me itching to get out the glue gun. Today I finally got the chance to get messy – as Ryan and I helped his family construct a gingerbread village. We headed to his family home in Long Island where his mum, Stephanie, had already crafted …
Read MoreFebruary 2, 2013
…made doughnuts

For the daughter of a patisserie chef, I’m a shockingly bad baker. But today I tried out a recipe I thought would be particularly tricky – and it worked out surprisingly well. Doughnuts! The whole process took just under four hours, mostly due to the amount of time I had to wait for the dough …
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