A light healthy salad recipe from South East Asia….
Asian salads are my all time favourite bar none, I love them. Like their soups they make you feel as though they are good for you because they are so light, fresh and fragrant. This recipe comes on the back of the noodle dish I made […]
At last the wait is over!
Our very own Greedydave has finally got his blog up and running, I’ve been waiting for this for yonks and do you know what? he never told me!
Anyway, enough said, see it for yourself, bookmark it because it is sure to be the dog’s hind legs. I’ll let Dave do […]
Asian style one bowl supper….
I’ve been rediscovering some almost forgotten recipes recently, old favourites from times gone by which, when cooked makes me wonder why I ever stopped cooking them in the first place. One pot cooking is something which I am a big fan of, it makes sense when you live on your own […]
Lincoln Cathedral is not the only Lincolnshire landmark to play host to the beautiful peregrine falcon…
No sir! Despite recently hearing about two peregrine falcons and their young making their home in the beautiful Cathedral I have yet to have a look for them there myself. Instead I was too busy watching another two peregrine’s at […]
Legendary Irish blues guitarist Gary Moore has been accused by fellow rocker Ronnie Montrose of owning a guitar which had been stolen from him during a concert tour in the early seventies. It seems a ridiculous story but…
according to Montrose his prized 1959 Gibson Les Paul Sunburst which he had been playing whilst touring with […]
I am often asked what the ‘fancy, thin biscuits are on restaurant desserts’, the ones which are shaped into rings, spoons, squares, rounds and so on. These biscuits are easy to make and act as a great garnish for desserts without overpowering the finished dish. Here’s a recipe for tuille biscuits….
There are all sorts of […]
The head pastry chef at one of the hotels is moving to sunnier climes so with the arrival of fresh young faces it’s time for a change in direction….
A new dessert menu is high on my list of priorities this week, I have left much of the previous dessert choices to my pastry chefs once […]
After the vile feathered rat that is the wood pigeon the common starling has to be my least favourite garden bird….
Long vilified by my Father as a scavenger (not sure if he meant the starling or my brother and I) I grew up with a intense dislike for these evil looking creatures. Best known for […]
England’s finest intellect shows his class….
Stephen Fry, comic genius, actor, author and academic has revealed his fondness for the Gods of rock, Led Zeppelin. I’m a bit late with this because I’ve just seen a re run of a television programme where he talks about it, but I don’t care. Reason? Well, a. It’s my […]
Thanks largely to the publicity drummed up by actress Joanna Lummley our glorious leader, Herr Brown has changed his policy on allowing gurkha’s to live in the UK after their retirement..
About time, still, it’s not exactly earth shattering news. The government have said that any gurkha who retired before 1997 can APPLY for UK residency. […]