Eat well - travel often
Fried Green Tomatoes What are fried green tomatoes: When you have a glut of tomatoes at the end of the season you can either ripen them on a sunny windowsill, make green tomato chutney or dredge in flour and shallow fry in rapeseed or vegetable […]
New Cooking Skills at Cookery School London Do you need to brush up on your cooking skills or maybe learn new ones? Want to impress the family and/or friends? Cookery School London Cookery School London is a fantastic place to do all of the above […]
Coronation Chicken With a Twist For King Charles III The Coronation of King Charles III. Long live King Charles III! Coronation Chicken has become a favourite sandwich filling for afternoon tea across the nation. The original recipe was created by Le Cordon Blue London for a […]
California Prune Butter Recently I have been creating recipes using California Prunes as the hero ingredient especially as 99% of prunes produced in the US and 40% of prunes sold worldwide are from California. What makes California Prunes so special? The legendary Petit d’Agen plum was brought […]
Here is my recipe for delicious California Prune Preserve Many years ago I used to make this prune and date preserve regularly however the recipe went missing. Recently looking through some old cookbooks I found the faded, handwritten recipe. I didn’t want to loose this […]
Visit the Wye Valley of Monmouthshire in South Wales If you have 2-3 days you want to spend in South East Wales I would definitely suggest visiting Monmouthshire and the Wye Valley and of course Abergavenny in the Vale of Usk. Abergavenny, and the Wye […]
Here is the recipe you always wanted – Homemade Bread and Butter pickles! Ever since I can remember we always had pickles in the fridge just waiting for a sandwich or salad to come along! One of my favourites was the Bread & Butter Pickles […]
Here is my recipe for Rhubarb, Strawberry and Ginger Jam. Rhubarb is at the height of its season right now. Rhubarb pairs especially well with apple and strawberries and also with ginger. The perfect way to preserve this quintessential English recipe is by making home […]
Here is my recipe for Rhubarb chutney with dates and raisins: The rhubarb season has a short peak when it is at its best though it is still available for most of the summer. At my allotment I have several rhubarb plants. This year they […]
Scroll down for my recipe for Allotment Green Tomato Chutney. We have an allotment and ideally you pick consistently throughout the summer and early autumn. The reality is that suddenly you have a glut and have to preserve them for the cold winters coming. If […]
I have always loved sauerkraut, a fermented cabbage with its origins in Eastern Europe but never realised how healthy it was for me. I have been reading about feeding your gut and it all suggests that we need to eat more fermented foods including live […]
Blackberry chutney time is here and looking at a row of jars on the shelf there is so much Christmas promise in those jars. On my allotment this year we have been blessed with an abundant harvest of wild blackberries. Although these berries grow wild […]
Making home made jam fills your kitchen with intoxicating smells and give you a sense of achievement. We have an allotment where we spend loads of our free time and grow lots of our vegetables during the summer and fall growing seasons. Something that does […]
My Recipe for Homemade Blackberry Vodka This summer has seen the most amazing and prolific wild blackberry yield I have ever known! On my allotment we have had blackberries that are sweet, deep black and incredibly fragrant. Sparkly and suculent like black jewels just waiting to […]