Easy as pie
It struck me last week when I went to an uncle’s funeral back in Wales that outside of this splendid country you very rarely see a corned beef pie! Yet at every family gathering in my childhood – birthday, wedding or wake – you would […]
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Seville Orange Tart
I love the knobbly, gnarled Seville oranges that appear in the shops round about now. Usually destined for marmalade I thought I’d do something different with this batch. Seville Orange Tart – Ingredients For the pastry 175g plain flour 25g icing sugar 85g cold butter […]
LET THEM EAT CAKE
While I can’t say that I have fully embraced Veganuary, we have certainly eaten less red meat this month – I’ve even forgone my weekly bacon sandwich whilst listening to The Archers Omnibus. My experiments with meat substitutes haven’t gone extremely well – to be […]
STORECUPBOARD SWEEP
If like me you are a bit of a magpie and can’t resist all those foodie treats in pretty little tins that appear at this time of year, then now’s the time to make a bit of space in your store-cupboard. Sorting through mine last […]
BANG: THERE GOES ANOTHER ELF
My nephew sent me a cartoon last week depicting Santa aiming a rifle at an elf’s head with the caption “Every time someone mentions the C word in November an elf gets it“. Well so be it … because as far as I’m concerned once […]
LIFE ON THE VEG …
I wanted to share with you a truly inspirational meal I had recently at the Dartmouth Food Festival. One of the Sponsors of the event – The Riverford Field Kitchen produced a Root to Shoot menu designed to showcase how to minimise food waste by […]
PALESTINE ON A PLATE
I love a traditional Sunday Lunch but last weekend thought I’d give something different a try. I picked up the book Palestine on a Plate at work and was immediately attracted by the vibrant colours shouting out at me from the page. After inviting a […]
AN APPLE A DAY
I love our Community Orchard. It stands in an amazing position overlooking both the River Dart and the Britannia Royal Naval College, is host to a bucket load of wildlife and a couple of laps in the afternoon is enough to satisfy a small spaniel […]
A PIECE OF CAKE
Now I do like a piece of cake. My particular favourite has to be a gooey chocolate sponge with fresh raspberries and lashings of clotted cream – well we are in Devon! Hubby’s cake of choice is always Coffee & Walnut and we both agree […]
Culinary Lockdown Lessons
So, here we are, 12 weeks after the Government gave us permission to Stay at Home! Most of the things we took for granted: the freedom to go anywhere, buy anything and see anyone were suspended. The pubs, cafes and restaurants closed, the streets were […]