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Monday, 28 March 2016

Confit Duck

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Confit Duck Leg Occasionally, when roast duck is decided upon I claim the legs.  A disappointment to some until "confit...
Friday, 4 March 2016

Sweetmeat Cake

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Candied Citrus Peels Following a winter of gorging on particularly good citrus, there's a stash of candied citrus peel in the frid...
Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Barcelona January 2016

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Catalan facade Barcelona at the end of January?  A bit of a risk we thought.  But if we were thinking that maybe other people were too...
Saturday, 6 February 2016

Rhubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb!

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Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb When I started 'big' school, the maths teacher was less than impressed with my homework.  He would sh...
Friday, 15 January 2016

Good & Proper Tea

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Good & Proper Tea The first really cold day of winter and I'm in need of something hot and comforting.  It's more than two...
Monday, 4 January 2016

What excites you for 2016?

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Celeriac & Ardrahan Pie at 40 Maltby Street The last weekend before the return to work and the last party of the holidays.  The...
Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Gifts for Food Lovers 2015

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Panettone from The Little Bread Pedlar As usual my end of year gift choices for food lovers focuses on modestly priced gifts from sma...
Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Five Books for Food Lovers 2015

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A page from Sally Clarke 30 Ingredients (original photograph by Tessa Traeger) Time for my annual food-book roundup.  This year I'...
Tuesday, 24 November 2015

Spiced apple and hazelnut upside-down cake

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The Orchard at the end of October When we first took our allotment the orchard always felt like it was off-limits.  There were the ...