Ginger Tablet

A Large Le Creuset Pot

I squealed like a small child or a tiny pig as I tore into the weighty birthday package from my parents:

"Jason! This means we never have to get married!"

And later, quietly cradling it's huge, huge cherry red girth:

"This pot is our Sunday nights from now on."

And so it will. And so it has.

Canada Day: Humidity and Maplemoon Ale

Happy Belated Canada Day!

Admittedly I didn't do a lot to mark it, but Canada was with me yesterday. All hot, muggy day. As I remembered what it was like to sweat and pray for a thunderstorm to clear the air, just like during the long Canadian summers of my misspent youth, I missed cottages and lakes and popsicles and fans and air conditioning. 

I did drink this beer though. Maplemoon is a dark ale brewed in Manchester by Joseph Holt with a "glimmer of" real Canadian maple syrup.  The verdict was: pretty much a winter drink. The sweetness from the syrup tasted more like treacle or molasses and made me want to eat spice cake and pork belly. That's perfect for Glasgow's climate almost every other day of the year, but it just wasn't right yesterday. I needed a 50, or a properly mixed cocktail. You know, things you can get in Canada. 

Happy Valentines Day

I wish you warm bacon sandwiches. x

It's still mostly a secret

I've just begun work on my new online journal; www.katiemcgown.info. This space will document what I make when I'm not making food. It's a spot for old work that I continue to be fond of, pictures from exhibitions and documentation of studio experiments. Sometimes there will even be cake. I've only just started to flesh it out, but if you want an early look, you are more than welcome.

More food next week! x