Vegetables

Going For Gold I adore sweetcorn, it is one of my favourite vegetables. Sweet, crunchy, succulent and above all cheerful. It is at its most abundant in the UK as the weather is getting drearier and more autumnal (September into mid October) yet there it is a joyous, bright golden shade to brighten our meals. [...]

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My Family & Other Cheeses If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time. Marcel Proust When Aoife posted a recipe on her fantastic blog for feta cheese my mind was immediately transported back to holidaying in Corfu. Image Courtessy [...]

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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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Vegetables For Dessert Don’t mistake rhubarb for a fruit; although it is often cooked to eat as a dessert and commonly combined with other sweet fruits, rhubarb is technically a vegetable, it’s a member of the polygonaceae family and related to sorrel. Rhubarb is an excellent crop to grow in Britain, enjoying cool climates and [...]

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“Train up a fig-tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.” Charles Dickens Figs are such a strikingly beautiful fruit, with their fresh green or deep purple skin and vibrant deep pink flesh what is there not to love? Fresh figs always remind me of [...]

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Relax … Enjoy … Unwind – the slogan seen throughout Cafe B (Burton on Trent) is supposedly to set the tone of the place. Come in take a seat, let your troubles pass you by as you sit and chill out with a beverage and meal or cake in a cafe with a calm and [...]

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