Category Archive: Food

On the receiving end.

On the receiving end.

I thought I’d include this picture as a reminder to myself that I don’t cook every meal in this house (it just feels like it …

 

Who are you calling a puff?

Who are you calling a puff?

This is tonight’s delight, a blue wensleydale cheese souffle with an orange and beetroot salad. I’ve just got back from a visit to the dentist …

 

Doesn’t time fly…

Doesn’t time fly…

Sadly since starting work again time has been a very precious commodity and a few things have gone by the wayside. My creative output has …

 

Cold Comfort

Cold Comfort

Most peoples idea of a picnic is lying in some sunny meadow eating dainty sandwiches and sipping something cold. No you guessed it, that’s too …

 

It’s all going to be just wine.

It’s all going to be just wine.

Spent this morning racking the wine and decanting the assorted alcoholic beverages, the sound of it gurgling down the pipes into a lovely new demi-john, …

 

Growing your own

Growing your own

Being brought up in the country, as children we knew at an early age where milk came from, how a lamb was born and that …

 

They dined on mince and slices of quince……..

They dined on mince and slices of quince……..

I don’t have a runcible spoon (whatever that may be) but I did have the good fortune to be at a friends orchard earlier in …

 

The Pudding Club

The Pudding Club

It’s Autumn half term and the ritual in our house is to make ready for Christmas by marinating vast amounts of dried fruits in alcohol …

 

Let them eat pie

Let them eat pie

Encouraging our offspring to take an interest in the world we live in and the things we think are important, is one of the more …