When someone mentions the word ‘oatcake’, what is it that you first think of? I’d be rather surprised if many of you will not, like I used to do, immediately think of the commercially produced [more…]
In the previous weeks you’ll have been diligently nurturing, talking to and feeding your cake creation with some fine brandy or Armagnac using the timeless cook’s measure of “one for me, one for the cake”. [more…]
It’s a somewhat inclement Sunday morning approaching the end of October, the lawn which just a few short weeks ago was dead and brown is now lush and green but under an inch of water [more…]
Autumn continues its steady, inexorable path towards winter and this year its bringing along with it a profusion of berries. The hawthorn has been particularly prolific and now the holly’s joining in. Plums and damsons, [more…]
This is so superb, trust me. You may (indeed may not) like your local Chinese Sweet and Sour, but after you have made this, you will probably stick to homemade. This is for four adult [more…]
I’m pretty sure it was one of “The Merry Pranksters” and, if my memory serves (which it rarely does these days unless it’s a Temptations or Bob Dylan lyric, or how much a pint was [more…]
We’re into “proper” autumn now and there’s little left to do in the greenhouse, apart from occasionally water the last of the tomatoes, keep an eye on the pepper and chilli plot, do a bit [more…]
I set before the Puffinati assembled a little piece of nourishment backed up with some history. A story as to how a piece of steak came to be one of the most famous dishes in [more…]
Life carries on apace and, as things start to slow down a little in the greenhouse I find myself having time to venture out into the countryside, along with my camera, and visit the odd [more…]
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