Archive for October, 2010
Halloween
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Raindrops
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Can’t Stop Eating…
Posted in Food, Recipes on October 26, 2010 | 11 Comments »
…spaghetti with slow roasted tomatoes and basil. Make lots and lots of these . Mix with basil, olive oil, salt and pepper. Store in the fridge and eat tossed with spaghetti and Parmesan whenever you please.
Tonight
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Today
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Damsons
Posted in Food on October 22, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I’m thinking of planting a damson tree in the garden too. Had never tried them until I found the above beauties at a local farm shop. A little tart for eating raw, perhaps, but utterly delicious sprinkled with sugar and baked in a cake. This recipe – damsons replaced the apples.
Spiced Apple Butter (& competition results)
Posted in Food, Recipes on October 21, 2010 | 11 Comments »
We moved house in June of this year and spent the whole summer and much of autumn sanding and scraping and painting, getting the interior of the house the way we wanted. Only now (just in time for the sleet and cold winds) are we turning our attention to the garden. I have plans for [...]
Involtini
Posted in Food, Recipes on October 18, 2010 | 8 Comments »
The above is a rough replication of an amazing dinner cooked for me in Finland by my friend, hostess and cooking hero, Marise. It’s currently a favourite meal in our house and has been cooked for several guests in recent months. Ought to be getting sick of it – but I’m really, really not! [...]
Competition! Hooray!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 14, 2010 | 25 Comments »
For my birthday this week I decided to treat myself to a new cookbook. I had a list of possible purchases in my mind when I walked into the bookshop but I walked out with none of them. Instead I was drawn to The Flavour Thesaurus by Niki Segnet. I vaguely remember seeing this book [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2010 | 16 Comments »


