| On The Road in Puglia Campi Salentina |
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On the Road in Salento Campi Salentina – our home for a few days the little town of Campi Salentina, Campi for short. Under the auspices of…
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| Asparagus Pea Shoot and Butter Bean Tart |
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Friday May 4th has been set as International Sauvignon Blanc Day… I’ve a ton of samples to taste. To accompany I gave the Asparagus Peas Shoots and…
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| Wild Garlic Still Life |
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In two minds whether to post this image here or on my photography site, Lumination. I went for here for the simple reason that its food. A Wild Garlic Still…
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| Who Laid This Egg – Mary, Molly or Betso? |
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My parents have keep three chickens – a resplendently coloured Mary Tudor, an ultra-friendly Molly and an overly plump Betso. Until last week there was…
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| MOR Sausages – Sausage Pesto Baguette Recipe |
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Launched this week are MOR Sausages… available exclusively at Tesco for £3.00 for a 400g/6 sausage or a 12 pack of the chipolatas. And I’ve been sent…
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| Stokenchurch Pie Recipe |
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Stokenchurch is just off the M40 and, for me, a place to travel through on the way to my parents. I don’t think there is much of note to this small…
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| Cumberland Almond Pudding Recipe |
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I picked up an old recipe book the other week – Receipts and Relishes published in 1950. It’s subtitled Being a Vade Mecum for the Epicure in the British Isles.…
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| A Recipe for Beef Collops |
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The start of Lent is Ash Wednesday; the period of forty days of abstinence commemorating Christ’s forty days in the wilderness. The word Lent comes from the Anglo-Saxon word…
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| Recipe for Plum Shuttles |
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Like many traditional recipes there are plenty of variations for these Plum Shuttles or Valentines Buns. Some add caraway seeds, others load up with candied peel. But I prefer them…
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| Visiting Fashion House Ermenegildo Zegna Trivero Italy |
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Now I am not one for high fashion; in fact the closest I’ve come to anything remotely ‘designer’ recently is picking up a six-pack of branded socks…
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| Recipe for Twelfth Night Cake |
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Twelfth Night, January 5th, the end of the Christmas festivities. Its origins lie in pre-Christian times, one of those festivals appropriated by the Christian Church and swallowed into the Epiphany.…
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| Botalla Cheese Company Biella Piedmont |
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“Cheesery? Is that a word?” queried my long-suffering American friend, as I posted another photo to my Instagram feed. Her message was accompanied by a pained, eye rolling, emoji.…
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| Orange Syrup Cakes |
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The recipe here, ostensibly for little Orange Syrup Cakes, makes for fine muffins too. While I’m sure that everyone and their mother has a ‘tried and tested’ recipe I rather enjoy…
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| Maids of Honour aka Tudor Cheesecakes |
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Down the end of a little lane I know there is a magnificent Quince Tree. I’ve never seen another one in the UK. This year the tree is…
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| Egg Curry Cheesecakes |
Egg Curry Cheesecakes - an old English dessert or tea-time tart, packed with raisins and candied peel. Not a single Indian spice in sight.
