1.   But like American steakhouses, English puddings have been undergoing a renaissance of late.

2.   It resembles a classic English steamed pudding, like a plum pudding, made in a bowl.

3.   Like American steakhouses, English puddings have been undergoing a renaissance of late.

4.   Rather, English puddings are soft, steamed, almost cakey affairs.

5.   Shire remembers making English steamed puddings and wondering when she would ever make them again.

6.   The other, Sussex Pond pudding, was judged by Jane Grigson, the great advocate of English cooking, as the best of all the English puddings.