the half cut cook
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Tom Cribb
Friday, 8 November 2024
Cherry Bakewell Tart
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Tres Leches Cake
Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Samhain ~ Halloween ~ All Hallows Eve ~ Pumpkin Walnut Squares
Samhain - Halloween - All Hallows Eve - October 31 to November 1, in the Northern Hemisphere - is a Celtic festival marking the end of harvest season and the beginning of winter and is considered to be the darker half of the year. The skies are turning grey, the leaves have fallen from the trees and the garden is bare. It is a time where we honour the dead, protect the living and petition the spirits for wisdom and prediction.
Death is a reoccurring theme during this time as boundaries dissolve and the veils between worlds during equinoxes and solstices are at their thinnest. That is why it is believed that the spirits, faeries, ancestors and darker entities could more easily roam our lands as the portal between our world and theirs is considered to be at its thinnest; therefore we want to honour and hold offerings to our ancestors, the dead, the departed and the otherworldly for this reason.
Samhain is a magical time. As the dark half of the year begins, death is followed by rebirth, the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year, it's a time of rest and reflection as we go inward to honour the darkness as we descend into winter and the darker half of the year. Remember... light is born from darkness and darkness has potential and growth... through death we find rebirth.
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
St. John Bakery ~ Neal's Yard Bakery ~ Seven Dials
Thursday, 24 October 2024
Worlds End Bookshop ~ London
Monday, 21 October 2024
Books for Cooks ~ Notting Hill