• * I love the sound of these vanilla-poached quinces from Spittoon Extra. Best of all that the fruit was free! Here in the northern hemisphere it’s definitely the season for cooked fruit desserts - we had baked apples and marscapone last night. Heavenly!
  • * It’s also the season for fungi. Browners at Around Britain with a Paunch goes foraging for mushrooms - and wisely consults the textbook!
  • * Susan at Food Blogga has this mouth-watering recipe for pumpkin pudding. People outside the US might find it difficult to sauce canned pumpkin but it’s not necessary - there is no reason why you can’t cook real pumpkin and then purée it. Each pumpkin variety is slightly different - choose a sweet one that is not too fibrous.
  • * Matt from Abstract Gourmet has been in London, exploring some of my favourite haunts like Borough Market and The Eagle in Farringdon and a few places I’m yet to try, such as the St Pancras Champagne Bar. I’m definitely trying te Flat White cafe next time I’m in Soho - as Matt says, London has a dearth of good coffee and I need a few more reliable coffee spots up my sleeve.
  • * I hope this doesn’t make a bad person but I laughed my head off when reading Love and Olive Oil’s sorry tale about baking baguettes. Schadenfreude and all that.