Astrid worked for AGA and Erik was won over.
Slow Roasted Shoulder of Lamb Recipe This is how I chose to cook a Shoulder of Lamb the other day. Having earned my AGA ‘brownie points’ by working in the AGA shop that used to exist in Beverley some years ago (and been lucky enough to acquire my AGA with Staff Discount) this is one […]
Last night I baked Dan Lepard’s Wholemeal Loaf, the recipe where you add a fizzy vitamin tablet, but I used strong white flour and mixed in olives and caraway seeds. Breakfast Heaven from the god of baking.You must check him out. It’s so easy to make great bread. http://www.danlepard.com But if just want to buy […]
Cavolo Nero is such a handsome plant, and it is incredibly tasty as well. Some of the strong green leaves remind me of a snake, the sort you see in Indian films, with the snake charmer eye to eye with this deadly creature, the tension mounting as they hypnotise each other. And other names […]
Recipe: Granola for Breakfast? After spending the usual 3-day English August Bank Holiday over-indulging ourselves (because the weather was so disgustingly dark and damp) I decided that it was time to get together all the ingredients for my new-found favourite and healthy breakfast, home-made Granola. Cereals have never been my favourite food for breakfast. I […]
Meltingly Tasty Cheese ‘n Ham Toastie with Jarlsberg:Recipe The story of a Cheese n’ Ham Toastie? Well, my story of how one saved the lives of 2 very hungry and tired people. Another rainy day north of Leeds, helping the expectant parents, who are chomping at the bit, and can’t wait for their Twins to […]
An Old Scrubber! (And thank goodness for the AGA): 6.15 in the morning, and I’m at my desk already – words are the only thing that come very easy this time of the morning, then gradually the rest of my body and bones wake up. Just a quick few words – I’m off to see […]
So excited that in a few days Erik and myself and two friends are going to be guinea pigs for our local Artisan bread-maker, Patrick Crabtree, of Feast Rising Bakery. We first met Patrick at our local Farmer’s Market, near the Humber Bridge in East Yorkshire. His stall had sold out of his delicious bread […]
Recipe: Bruschetta for lunch, anyone? The kitchen garden is overflowing with luscious greenery and fruit and pods – peas, broad beans, mange tout and the start of the runner beans. We are spoiled for choice. So I came to the conclusion that the time was right for me to be brave and make a dish […]
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