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Foraging, time, and lack thereof 18 Oct 2011 | 01:58 am
In yesterday's Observer, Nigel Slater talks about making his own sloe or damson gin. An excellent idea for this time of year - I myself found a very well stocked blackthorn tree this weekend, near the...
Chicory gratin 14 Apr 2011 | 06:53 am
Ever think that some books are just too big? Too heavy to hold, too many recipes - to the extent that the good recipes don't stand out? I initially had that reaction to all those Phaidon books - Silve...
Soda Bread 8 Apr 2011 | 08:48 pm
This will sound sacriligious to some people, but I have never really liked soda bread. I've made it in an emergency when I've realised I am out of the regular or sourdough sort, but usually I avoid it...
Inauthenticity 25 Mar 2011 | 06:28 am
I am returning again to Nigella Lawson and make no apology for it. Yes, I am being lazy. Since my last blog post, I have started several about more interesting books and not finished them. This, I can...
Jelly 2 Mar 2011 | 10:08 am
There's been a bit of a jelly/blancmange thing going on in my house recently. We keep coming down with lurgies and it occurred to me that jelly was perfect food for a baby with a sore throat. It's als...
Mother-in-law's Madeira Cake 26 Feb 2011 | 10:32 pm
This is a mother-in-law's cake in more ways than one. It's the cake I always make for mine - she only likes fairly plain cakes, and she isn't supposed to have much in the way of sugar anyway, as she's...
West Ealing Farmers' Market 21 Feb 2011 | 07:25 am
A rare non cookery book post - sometimes the ingredients are so good, you don't need to do anything to them. The other thing which made ...
Curry Easy - Maddhur Jaffrey 21 Feb 2011 | 05:54 am
4 reasons why this weekend has been horrible: After congratulating myself for throwing off a cold, I woke up on Saturday morning without a voice - cold back with a vengeance. My father-in-law (who p...
Far Eastern Odyssey - Rick Stein 17 Feb 2011 | 10:33 pm
Rick Stein. The only "celebrity" chef I will go out of my way to watch. Not only do I have all his books, I've cooked from them all too, and even bother to get the DVDs. He just ticks all the boxes fo...
Valentines, Schmalentines 15 Feb 2011 | 10:27 pm
We aren't great believers in Valentines Day in our house, both hating the idea of prescribed romance. Despite this, S inexplicably bought me a huge bunch of flowers yesterday ("in case you're being a ...
