The Water Mirrors A Still Sky Quite a while back I acquired a signed copy of Richard Corrigan’s excellent first cookery book: The Richard Corrigan Cookbook – from the waters and the wild. I’m incredibly ashamed to say, that despite the having a delightful collection of recipes, from the traditional Irish (Irish spiced beef) albeit [...]
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I recently set up a weekly order with Abel & Cole (I wasn’t very happy with my old delivery scheme and had previously tested some of Abel & Cole’s produce with fabulous results). I plumed for the Deluxe Organic Fruit Box and Seasonal Salad Box. Abel & Cole also, very kindly, sent me a Mixed [...]
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Not so long back I visited Cley Next The Sea in North Norfolk, a lovely place and one that I would return to again and again. The village is home to a fabulous Smokehouse, and of course I just had to bring back a sample of their delightful produce home with me. All the smoking [...]
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Bread is often called the staff of life and it is not difficult to see why. There are so many varients out there, different flours, different blends, different optional extras and different baking styles; need I go on? I love bread and I love baking bread Focaccia is the ultimate sharing bread and very easy [...]
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My lovely Israeli friend Francesca has just sent me the most delightful parcel full of gorgeous spices, cupcake cases and a stunningly beautiful plate which is an example of traditional handmade Israeli pottery. I felt so overwhelmed it brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Francesca, you really do spoil me Ok so armed [...]
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I do love spending time on the coast, it’s not the beach that I’m overly fond of (I don’t ‘do’ lying on the beach sunbathing) although I do like to feel the sand between my toes; it is the sea itself. From the gentle lapping of the waves to the rougher tides I love to [...]
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Summertime and the livin’s easy, Fish are jumpin’, and the cotton is high. Summertime – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin We arrived back from Norfolk at the weekend, oh how I wish I was still there! It couldn’t have been more perfect, glorious weather (apart from one afternoon of rain), lovely places to visit, early morning [...]
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Even though we have entered the springtime it really doesn’t feel like it, just the odd glimmer of sunshine and warmth amidst the cold winter backdrop. The one saving grace is the abundance of springtime vegetables that are now filling my weekly vegetable box, gone are the savoy cabbages and parsnips, giving way to the beans and asparagus, [...]
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Fish and Chips have to be one of the most well loved dishes (and one of the most famous) of the British Isles. After tasting a well made portion you’d be hard pressed to argue against their goodness I’m sure. This classic English dish came from a tradition of street food that was already growing [...]
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A couple of weeks back I came across a delightful recipe online for a Tunisian Fish Stew by the fabulous Claudia Roden. The fact that Claudia Roden had written the recipe just inspired me even more, she is (it really must be admitted) at the forefront of Middle Eastern cookery having written many books on [...]
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You shall have a fishy In a little dishy, You shall have a fishy When the boat comes in On Sunday night we had battered haddock and chips for dinner, a lovely treat and something we only ever used to have when visiting my relatives in Yorkshire, fish and chips locally are not worth the [...]
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