At the end of the month, we share our 'Petit Fours': notable, bite-sized pieces of life in our kitchen and beyond. We have been a bit lax around here of late, so this one covers February and March. One thing we haven't been lax on is indulging, as you'll see below. What have you foodies been up to?

From the kitchen

Homemade Rice Pudding
Carrilleras Estofadas (Braised Pork Cheek - but with Belly)
Scotch Eggs*
Turkish Delight Curd Doughnuts*
Szechuan Orange Beef
Lamb Kebabs with Pomegranate Chutney
Duck fillet with "variations" of Rhubarb
Toridashi Ramen
Roasted Beef with Celeriac & Truffle
Seared Duck Breast with Smoked Confit Bon Bons* and Truffle Mash

(If you're interested in anything we've been eating, drop us a comment and we'll gladly fill you in on how we made it/where we sourced the recipe!)

Out to eat

Leave it to Esmie
The Windsor Tiffin
Webbe's at the Fish Café
Landgate Bistro
Dinner by Heston

The rest

Tapas Night with the guys - everyone brought a dish, and as always there was too much delicious, delicious food.
Maybe it was all the eating out, but we've been more creative in the kitchen this past month, aiming to up our fine dining game. M served up some corkers, which you'll have seen if you follow us on Instagram.
We had a weekend away in Rye for their local annual event, Scallop Week. More on that in imminent posts.
We visited the INCREDIBLE Moomin Exhibition at the Southbank Centre in London. Highly recommend!
After saving up bones, sourcing ingredients on our trip to Hong Kong, and storing a mass of homemade toridashi stock in the freezer for months, we finally made a beautiful ramen.

* We bought ourselves a mini deep fat fryer and now we can cook pure, unadulterated filth and we love it.

At the end of the month, we share our 'Petit Fours': notable, bite-sized pieces of life in our kitchen and beyond. We'd love to know what your January 'petit fours' are in the comments below.

From the kitchen

Roast leg of lamb & smoked mash
Leftover lamb biriyani
Homemade Marmalade (Delia recipe)
Roasted Gammon
Warm winter salad with creamy burrata

Out to eat

The Queen & Castle, Kenilworth
Olive Tree, Bath

The rest

Being thrifty in January, and making roasted meats go further
Seville oranges appeared in the supermarket, and so C made her first ever batch of marmalade
Enjoying lots more frothy coffee, with our super new gadget (review imminent)
It was our turn to be wined and dined: Andy and Emma served us an amazing meal in the last week of Jan - check out our Instagram!
C bagged a new job *hooray*

At the end of the month, we share our 'Petit Fours': notable, bite-sized pieces of life in our kitchen and beyond. We'd love to know what your December 'petit fours' are in the comments below.

From the kitchen

Pumpkin cake with vanilla cream cheese frosting
Mexican night! Tinga de pollo & salmon in tamarind sauce from 'Wahaca'
Beer soup
Champagne poached salmon
Roasted fillet of beef
Coquito cocktails

Out to eat

The Wilderness, Birmingham

The rest

We finally booked a table and travelled over to Birmingham on a school night to eat at The Wilderness (review coming in Jan)
Hosted Mexican/board game 'Christmas social' with friends (Thomasina Miers' 'Wahaca' book never lets us down)
Annual pre-Christmas Christmas with friends - boys cook, girls drink. Fillet of beef this year!
All 3 of C's Nigella Christmas puddings were enjoyed and demolished at 3 separate addresses
Between us we've added some awesome new titles to our cookbook collection (see above!)
Lots of lazing, snacking and reading before hitting 2017 head-on

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
See you in 2017.

At the end of the month, we share our 'Petit Fours': notable, bite-sized pieces of life in our kitchen and beyond.

From the kitchen

Slow-cooked BBQ Aberdeen Angus short ribs with corn and slaw (we have this often!)
Slow-roasted Cambrian lamb and winter veg
Homemade pumpkin soup
Pain de Campagne
Pastéis de Nata
Artichoke velouté with a smoked bacon mousse and artichoke chips
Lamb chops with pickled beetroot and pumpkin purée
Sticky toffee pudding with whiskey ice cream

Out to eat

Hana Moon, Coventry

The rest

This month has been about slow-cooked meats and one-pot meals.
First ever pastéis de nata went down a storm. See the recipe here.
Visited Somerset and witnessed C's first Wells Carnival.
Ate lots of lovely cheese, most notably Westcombe Cheddar.
Entertained friends (more on that this month)
Little Otto was in hospital again, but he's all better and is enjoying his Lily's Kitchen advent calendar.

At the end of the month, we share our 'Petit Fours': notable, bite-sized pieces of life in our kitchen and beyond.

From the kitchen

Sourdough practice*
*A beautiful brioche^
*Pizza dough (with pulled pork and bacon)
Very first Christmas Puddings
Beautifully plump rib-eyes
A cosy pork stroganoff

Out to eat

Menu Gordon Jones, Bath
Purecraft Bar & Kitchen, Birmingham
Flamme & co., Kaysersberg
Le Moréote, Kayserberg
La Grilladine, Beaune

The rest

Glynn Purnell's new book 'Rib Ticklers & Choux-ins' released
Post-roadtrip blues and tightening of the belts
C visits Vienna for the first time
A weekend in Somerset - eating loads with intermittent roof-fitting
Otto's first toasted brioche and pâte

At the end of the month, we share our 'Petit Fours': notable, bite-sized pieces of life in our kitchen and beyond.

From the kitchen

Poached cod and egg with mustard sauce
Banana and Nutella Marbled Cake
Honey truffled torchon of smoked chicken
King scallops, onion bhaji & passion fruit
Reinvented Ispahan
Classic garlic chicken kievs
#NationalBurgerDay 25th Aug

Out to eat

The Red Lion, Hunningham
Restaurant 23, Leamington Spa

The rest

The launch giveaway ended and winners were announced
Thinking about the logistics of starting a supper club
Celebrating an engagement
Eating with friends. More of this!

Still on a cheese binge - current top contender is Fourme D'Ambert
Refreshing our crockery with 'My Art' mugs by Jansen & Co
Making our first sourdough starter - watch this space
Fruit picking and foraging in M's mum's garden

Mark's flying visit home with dinner at Olive Tree