It has been a while, last year in fact, since I last made chutney. Once a year, normally around this time I start to feel the need to produce bottles…
How to cook an easy midweek vegetable curry
I love spice of any kind. It could be in a soup, dessert, biscuit, tagine, curry or tea. If spice features in a recipe, I am highly likely to give…
Harvest festival soup
I love this time of year, particularly as we have such unexpectedly glorious weather in which to celebrate this Autumnal season. Being an allotment holder, I have been interested to…
Tarts for a party
One of my best friends turned 40 over the weekend. We’re all there now, partied out and coming to terms with being middle aged by dancing the night away and…
Two of Everything Marinade
It was the guest book that mentioned it, the firepit. We have stayed at this house for the past three years, but no mention was made of it until now. We knew…
Kung Pao Chicken
The inspiration behind this truly tongue tingling, spicy chicken dish is the cook and food writer Fuchsia Dunlop. She specialises in writing about the food of China and has written books on…
