Saffron Strands

Blueberry Muffins It's more years ago than I care to remember.  It's my first visit to the USA, it's Labor Day and we'...

Syllabub with eau-de-vie cherries Winter's chill is not something we want to think of when market stalls are piled high with the s...

Gooseberry and hazelnut frangipane tart I'd like to say this 'rustic' look was deliberate but, in truth, I overfilled the ...

Lemon Cake sliced We all need no-nonsense cake recipes.  The sponge cake recipe that always rises to the top of the tin; the perfectly...

English Quince Quince, a fruit of the Cydonia oblonga tree, is gritty, hard and astringent.  Only its fragrance hints at what it can b...

Freshly churned Blackberry Ice Cream It's mid-August and the sun is on our backs at last.  In a summer when we've seen so litt...

My Strawberries Balsamic The 18th century French philosopher Diderot described strawberries as being like 'the tip of wet-nurses...