Pantry Staples for the Adventurous Home Baker

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Thanks to a long nursery closure I am currently on an extended holiday in Romania with my little family. Being away from my own kitchen little actual cooking or baking is happening for the time being. But my brain being what it is, I am already thinking ahead to all the things I want to make when we get back home to Brussels. And this is no doubt fuelled by my holiday reading: Niki Segnit’s second edition of the Flavour Thesaurus.

I have been reading devouring the book front to cover and as with her first edition it is an absolute joy to read about flavour pairings, both old and new(-to-me), and wh…