Last weekend the weather was miserable. Cold and intermittent showers. But our friends, Steven and Lynne, drove out to Hornsea complete with all their professional gardening gear and proceeded to chop and trim our hedges which had grown leggy and far too tall. Dead bushes were dealt with, and those still with signs of life […]
A new house, a new garden (almost virgin territory), a new computer and within a few days, an updated Blog site. Meals to cook, cafes and restaurants to visit, a brand new Kitchen Garden to create from scratch and loads of new Food Adventures to share! After the many months of painting and packing up […]
Porchetta Recipe Porchetta – Ever wanted to have a go at this delicious aromatic traditional Italian dish of Pork stuffed with herbs and slow-roasted, either in a Wood Fired Oven or in an ordinary household oven. One taste and you won’t be able to stop. Definitely something special for sharing with your friends. […]
Recipe Melanzane alla Parmigiana – (Sliced Aubergines, layered between crushed tomatoes, basil and mozzarella and finished off with grated Parmesan or Pecorino Cheese then baked in the oven) I confess that this is a mixture of my own recipe, Valentina Harris’ recipe and one of Jamie Oliver’s recipe. I choose not to salt and drain […]
Roasting Lamb Shoulder in our Beehive Oven: This was only possible due to horrendous weather conditions in East Yorkshire after a traumatic but successful attempt to move the oven under cover, so that no matter what the weather throws at us in the future, I can cook in it to my heart’s content. On Sunday, a […]
First firing up of the Wood-Fired Oven for 2012: Well, what wierd Spring weather. Sunshine in March, then April! Literally one minute the sun is shining, the next minute the rain and even hail is thundering to the ground. But I wanted to spring-clean the Wood-Fired oven, and give it it’s first firing of […]
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