Last week my lovely friend Anna sent me a copy of the amazing How to Feed Your Friends with Relish by Joanna Weinberg. This book has become a kitchen essential for me and I advise you all read it. My apologies to Anna that it’s taken me so long to blog about this wonderful gift, but I wanted [...]
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I’ve been tagged; given my first blog challenge and this came by way of the forum admin at Violets Pantry a food forum I belong to. I and other forum members have been challenged to cook and write up a favourite retro recipe. Now this really got me pondering and had me creating mind-maps: What [...]
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Italy is one of my favourite places to visit, not only is the food marvelous but the culture is outstanding too. Not long ago I received Angela Hartnett’s Cucina: Three Generations of Italian Family Cooking (Angela Hartnett) from Amazon, the build up to the book was intense and having watched Angela cooking on television several times I eagerly [...]
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The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker; or to be more exact, The Butcher, The Baker, The Ice Cream Maker. No I’m not reinventing the popular nursery rhyme “Rub A Dub Dub” but letting you all know about a fabulous new deli which has opened near me. The Butcher, The Baker, The Ice Cream Maker is [...]
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After my earlier ”No Go Area” post, I felt I couldn’t leave you all in the lurch wondering what the end culinary result was; we had Open Cornish Pasties. Cornish Pasties (frequently referred to Oggies) are traditional half moon shaped savory pastry delicacies from the South West of England. Usually they are filled with cubes of [...]
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Dinner yesterday was scrumptious and for that I have an Australian by the name of Bill Granger to thank, although the whole cooking/eating episode did make me feel rather guilty. Let me explain, as soon as I knew Bill’s new book Holiday was available for pre-order I placed it in my online shopping basket promising myself [...]
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Last night my Dad decided he wanted to cook dinner. I’m working nights so obviously should have been thrilled with having the extra time to chill out and relax before heading off, but no, I wanted (better make that desperately wanted) to get into that kitchen and cook. Well, no I don’t even think it [...]
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Can it ever be too cold to eat ice cream? As popular foodie debates go that has to be a pretty highly rated question. I would (and often do) argue that the answer is a definitive no, sometimes only a bowl of ice cream will do, and homemade is always that notch above. So yesterday, [...]
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Prior to this attempt I had never cooked beef bourguignon before, nor, had I to my knowledge ever eaten it. So, I bet you’re wondering, whatever prompted me to make it? To be honest it was the wonderful description found in Chocolate & Zucchini byClotilde Dusoulier. Well how could I resist with the words “the epitome of the soul-warming, [...]
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