Do you know what I really don’t like? Sun-dried tomatoes. Bleugh. They look weird and they taste weird. So weird do they taste, in fact, that I physically shudder when I eat one. Sun-blush tomatoes, however, are a completely different kettle of fish. Dried in full sunlight for only half the time of their wrinklier cousins, sunblush [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Oven Dried Tomatoes
Posted in Food, Recipes on February 26, 2009 | 25 Comments »
New Domain Name
Posted in Uncategorized on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I’m physically moving house soon, I thought I’d cyber move too and so have got myself a new domain name. This blog can now be found at: www.aweebitofcooking.co.uk No need to update anything. The old address – http://teach77.wordpress.com – will automatically direct you here.
Simplified Cassoulet
Posted in Food, Recipes on February 23, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Cassoulet is an elaborate, rich, hearty french dish traditionally consisting of (amongst a dizzying array of other ingredients) pork belly, duck legs, Toulouse sausages and lamb all cooked in a generous amount of goose fat and beans. Not a dish for the faint-hearted, I suspect. I say “suspect” as I have never actually had real [...]
Mad Dogs
Posted in Uncategorized on February 22, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Lovely weekend. Mad dogs in the woods. Hope yours was great too. Back with a cracker of a recipe tomorrow.
Countdown
Posted in Scotland on February 18, 2009 | 39 Comments »
I’m moving house at the end of next month and am rather excited about it. Mostly because the view from the bottom of my garden will be this: 38 days to go! P.S. Thanks to my Dad for these photos.
This Week’s Lunch
Posted in Food, Recipes on February 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »
There’s a David Gray song that has very recently been totally ruined for me. The slow, aching longing that makes This Year’s Love so very beautiful is completely lost when one cannot help but sing the words “this week’s lunch” instead of “this year’s love”: This week’s lunch had better last, Heaven knows it’s high [...]
Cooling Thoughts
Posted in Scotland, Uncategorized on February 12, 2009 | 22 Comments »
In response to an Australian request for more chilly photos:
Baked Gnocchi
Posted in Food on February 10, 2009 | 16 Comments »
This isn’t a recipe so much as a revelation. You know that stodgy, pre-packed gnocchi you can buy in supermarkets? Well, until just recently I thought it was absolutely inedible. Then I discovered the joys of baked gnocchi. Simple stir your cooked gnocchi and a green (I used rocket but spinach is good too) through [...]
Braised Belgian Endive
Posted in Food, Recipes on February 8, 2009 | 13 Comments »
The second of my current favourite starters uses the slightly maligned Belgian endive. Perhaps you call it chicory or witlof. It’s a beautiful pearly vegetable with bitter but satiny white leaves and I adore it. Tried to grow it last year and failed miserably. Will try again though. It’d be wonderful to pick fresh from my garden. Anyway, though [...]
Snow Spaniel 2
Posted in dogs on February 6, 2009 | 18 Comments »
Rosie’s been having the same problems as Marco this week…
-
Top Posts
Archives
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007
- March 2007
- February 2007
- January 2007
-
Flickr Photos
More Photos
