We have been getting some disgustingly hot weather recently, and as a big fan of not cooking in hot weather, I’ve been trying to be organised so that we can get something healthy on the table without having to heat…
An actual savoury recipe! Who knew I could still do those? Actually, I have an uneasy feeling I’ve done something very like this before. I mean, me, pasta, vegetables – that’s basically my default work night dinner, frankly. But I…
My blog has gone a bit quiet over the last few days for several reasons. The first is that I bought an iPad, and succumbed to the excitement of cookbook apps and also interactive biology and chemistry textbooks, to the…
I love the word ‘toastie’. I’m not at all sure I know what it means, mind you, and I’m fairly certain it doesn’t mean what I’m currently calling it, but it’s a great word. So I am going to gleefully…
Can you guess what was at the Farmers’ Market on Saturday?
Let me just state up-front that I really do not know how to cook duck properly. So I have no intention of telling you how to cook the duck, other than passing on the general hints given to me by…
I love this time of year at the farmers’ market. After living in the land of brassicas and root vegetables for months, suddenly we are gifted with sweet baby carrots, new peas, herbs, greens of all kinds, and, of course,…
This is the revised version of a recipe I noted down here a while back, because I never really put in any quantities, just typed in the ingredients as I remembered them, because it was late and I was tired!…
There seems to be a bit of a theme on this blog recently, doesn’t there? But what can I say? It’s Spring! And that is, after all, what Primavera means… I tend to be much more vegetarian-oriented in the months from…
First up, I should confess: the version of this dish you see is not 100% vegan, because I had this beautiful fresh egg pasta that needed to be used. But the sauce is definitely vegan, and as I actually cook…
