Mocha is a truly yummy coffee drink that I normally associate with cold winters. Nevertheless, there are many iced mocha… Continue

 

This iced Americano is based on one of the simplest coffee drinks recipes. No time for sophisticated coffee drinks…

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I always loved the convenience of having cafeterias a stone’s throw away from my workplace but looking back this was expensive entertainment especially with many visitors and colleagues. Though, this was the only

chance to have a decent chat with them you know. More recently the situation has changed and because of the very high monthly costs I decided to start making coffee at work by…

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I came across this chocolate brownies recipe in one of many supermarket magazines diligently collected during my supermarket shopping trips. I’ve never baked chocolate brownies before so I was really looking forward to results anticipating nothing but pure success.

After all the recipe promises a lot. I followed instructions to the dot but the result was far from what I expected. The brownies where too “wet”, they were not even baked properly…

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Oh, how I love the beginning of summer. The weather is getting warmer and the fruit season is on the full. Strawberries are definitely the biggest hit for a perfect…

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This is one of my favorite coffee recipes from the book: The top 100 International coffee recipes (written by Mary Ward).



Serves: 4



You will need:

- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

- 1/2 cup sugar

- 2 cups hot, freshly brewed coffee (regular or decaffeinated)

- 2 cups milk (2%)

- 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

- 1/2 cup whipping cream

- ground cinnamon



Method:



Stir cocoa and sugar together in a saucepan. Stir in hot… Continue

God, I just become so frustrated whenever I take a fantastic cookbook with great recipes and photos in my hand. It starts with

excitement when I choose one of the recipes for the day and then take a

look at ingredients...

Pounds, ounces, grams, cups, spoons, Fahrenheit, Celsius, gas marks, pints,... You see what I mean?

Before we moved to UK I only ever used metric units, so I didn't need to worry about all of this. But…

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