This is the trouble with trying to eat what is in season – you make something new, you like it, you want to make more, and you have already missed the window for your main ingredient being in season. Three weeks ago I had more red cabbage than I knew what to do with. In … Continue reading »
If you have ever resolved to eat more vegetables (or to have a largely vegetable-based diet) you will know that one of the great problems is that vegetables tend to go off very quickly. They certainly can’t outlive frozen ready-meals and boxes of mac and cheese, but just eggs and cheese will well outlast a … Continue reading »
One thing I have noticed recently is how much photographing food for this blog ends up dictating what I cook. On Tuesday I made a mushroom lasagne. It was extremely delicious. Like, really good. I have made this lasagne at least twice before. Why have I never blogged the recipe? Because it looks rather unattractive. … Continue reading »
Dear Americans – it is not often that a recipe has names in its title that are used so differently between the States and the UK. Jerusalem artichokes are sunchokes. Rocket is arugula. There is a wonderful all-organic, all-local greenmarket that is open on Saturdays just a few minutes walk from our new apartment. I really … Continue reading »
I haven’t made granola before – I find it too sweet for an everyday breakfast. Then again I might not be the best judge – I do pick sultanas (raisins) out of my Sultana Bran (raisin bran) when it gets to the bottom and there would be more than two in a spoonful. However, this … Continue reading »
So I am back in Australia again, and in between working on funding applications and a paper on the public accessibility of concepts, I have also been also ‘organizing’ my wedding (which is in less than three weeks). Well, organize is putting it loosely as we did most of the prep work while in the … Continue reading »
