Let’s be frank about something. Brussel sprouts have a reputation problem. Most of the time they’re over steamed or boiled, which leaves them with all of the appeal of a soggy sports sock. This would probably be the time where I’d invoke some dry little anecdote about the brussel sprouts from my youth. Except they […]
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This is a pie for those days when you just can’t make up your mind. You might be tossing up whether there is any point continuing to watch Breaking Bad (half a season in. It just seems a little… grim). You may be pondering what in the heck we’re going to do about the Eurozone. […]
My mother’s new house in the green flecked paddocks of Berry has an orchard. At my sister’s place, down a thin rough road baby chickens have just hatched. It’s spring in their fields. On the other side of the world the leaves on my stoop have turned. It’s amber and gold underfoot and the air […]
Sometimes when I’m on my own I eat cherry tomatoes with a sprinkle of salt and a glass of pink wine for dinner. Sometimes I’m sensible, follow my own advice and turn to one of my ‘cooking for one’s recipes – most often the sea bass with green beans and burnt butter and almonds or […]
This is a lovely cake for a picnic. It’s so lovely it’s even made a picnic fan out of me. Yes, that’s right- you heard. I have a reputation as a picnic hater. This is a big thing. Admitting you dislike picnics is like saying you kick puppies. It’s just a bit wrong. Picnics are […]