What’s on your plate: November

Spring is here, and the wonderful produce of the season is appearing: asparagus, fresh peas, the first strawberries and beans. … More

Finding my way in the kitchen

As regular readers know, I enjoy pottering about in the kitchen. Chopping onions, peeling carrots and stirring things is all … More

Just before I started to put this post together, I read Deb’s post about chorizo and just had to laugh … More

Regular readers will know how much I enjoy food. Eating, reading about it, cooking, listening to podcasts, watching YouTube demonstrations … More

I’ve not been feeling 100% the past few days – a bit under the weather with a sore throat and … More

The lush green of summer has turned to yellow, orange and brown, the spice jars are down from the shelf, … More

What a glorious sunny summer day it has been! Unfortunately I was at work, but am at least enjoying the … More

With warmer days ahead, our meals move from soups and stews to salads and all the good things of summer. … More

It is Monday evening, dinner is in the oven (chicken breasts stuffed with cooked leek, tomatoes, basil and ricotta) and … More

Each day I write down three good things that have happened that day. It could be sunshine when sunshine was … More