“I don’t have to tell you I love you. I fed you pancakes.”
― Kathleen Flinn, Burnt Toast Makes You Sing Good: A Memoir of Food and Love from an American Midwest Family
We love pancakes here at The Old Stables. We love waffles too but today is all about the pancake as it is Shrove Tuesday!
My recipe has been passed down from my Mum who often treated our family to pancakes on a weekend or whenever we begged for them. It’s a great unadulterated recipe for beautiful fluffy pancakes – enjoy! Continue reading
There have been many famous residents of Bath, but perhaps the most famous (and by far my favourite) is the novelist Jane Austen. While only two of her novels actually take place in Bath (Persuasion and Northanger Abbey), she spent a great deal of her life in this beautiful city.
One of the many things that our guests comment on (with pleasure I might add!) is the glass Kilner jar filled with home baked shortbread on the tea tray found in their rooms. We like a little nibble of something ourselves when we stay at a B&B so I thought I would look for a shortbread recipe and make my own – we think it’s a nice touch too!
