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A Modern Classic….
Mark Hix has done it again, his last book; British Regional Food is a wonderful journey of long forgotten food throughout the British Isles and,alongside Hugh Feanley-Whittingstall nobody champions British food better than Hix.
I’ve been looking forward to this, I’ve rediscovered my love for English food in recent years and it is always […]
Big Brother is watching what you type in that search bar….
Time again for a ‘best of’ how internet surfers find this site. You know the score, it’s a rainy day, you’re bored so you surf the net. Well, type it into google or any other search engine and some lucky blogger or web master will […]
Now what?!!!!…..
Well, here it is, the sum total (almost) of my efforts in the chilli growing season. This is my winter harvest, dried and ready for the cold months past ahead and for some seriously warming curries, soups, stews and tagines. This isn’t all of them, there are still jolokia and habanero plants with fruits […]
What a difference a decade makes….
Please click on play NOW (!) before reading on….Don’t worry, you’re not on a wind farm, it’s a sound effect-they did that in the 70’s. I thought I would offer a soundtrack to my scribblings for a change, a bit like War of the Worlds! Actually, it’s a cunning plan […]
A recipe from a regular….
Here’s a recipe courtesy of this site’s resident Elizabeth David; the lovely Cid. It’s a recipe for making her wonderful chocolate macaron and the photograph and words are all by her:
Recipe for Chocolate Macaron
100g Icing Sugar
50g Ground Almonds
25g Cocoa Powder
2 Egg Whites
65g Caster Sugar
Oven: 180c
Cooking Time: 10-12 minutes
2 […]
Italian Pasta Sauce Recipe
As pumpkins go (and grow) the hundredweight variety I grew this year have been nothing short of a revelation. What a colour and taste, quite simply the nicest pumpkin I have eaten and not because I grew it myself, though my gardening prowess must have made a difference
I always think […]
The release of Chinese Democracy
For any rock fan the release of the new Guns n Roses album has been a long time coming-a very long time. Try fifteen years!!! Yes, finally it seems Axel Rose has managed to finish the album and it is set for release in the United States on November 23rd.
This must […]
Thr replacement for Robert Plant….
Now I’ve done enough posts on possible Led Zeppelin reunions and wouldn’t have entertained this one were it not for a very good reason. You see, according to Dee Snider of Twisted Sister fame and someone who shares Robert Plant’s record label the new singer and replacement for Robert Plant in […]
What’s Cooking ‘Up North’…
Going back to the North West of England to work again has given me a wonderful reminder of some of the great dishes and produce I have missed since I last cooked in the region. Cumbria, in particular is home to some old English classics and I intend to celebrate some of […]
Another gem from the Bateman’s Brewery
It’s around this time of year that I am reminded of my childhood school days and in particular the celebration of harvest. It was a Christian thing which I didn’t really get, I probably wanted to be a buddhist knowing me but I remember it best for bringing in tins […]