A bereft baker...

No blogging this week as my trusted Mac died a sad death on Sunday, and I'm mourning the end of a fabulous machine. Otherwise, the wonderful, stimulating anthropology of food course at SOAS has detained me in the library so the kitchen's been rather quiet - and I'm going cross-eyed from the days of reading...who said being a student was easy?!

But watch this space for the following autumnal/winter recipes:

• hazelnut, chocolate and pear cake
• plum crumble
• beetroot chocolate cake (yes, am still on a chocolate high after last week's chocolate tastings!)
• butternut squash bread
• whisky, walnut and orange cake

In the meantime, check out Sarah Vine of the Times call to arms (or whisks)

"Bankers? What we need is bakers"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink?article4958154.ece

Very a propos for our gloomy economic times - a bit of levity never goes amiss!