~ Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my country kitchens in England and France....celebrating local seasonal produce with traditional feasts and festivals, culinary notes, reviews, recipes and musings from home and abroad....whilst preparing family food with flair ~
Rhubarb Cordial, Tulips, Edible Flowers and a Day at Perch Hill with Sarah Raven Just over a week ago I was invited to attend an open day at Perch Hill as part of my contribution as a writer for Garlic and Sapphire – along with several other bloggers who also write for Sarah Raven’s Garlic and [...]
A Floral Fantasy – Design and Deliver your own Floral Bouquet On-Line! Interflora Virtual Flower Arranging It seemed to good to be true when I received an invitation from the lovely Bethany at Interflora to DESIGN my own bouquet ON-LINE! Now, I have dallied in a little flower arranging, with Interflora last year, you can read [...]
December Herbs on Saturday: Win a Cath Kidston Christmas Decorations Book Welcome to the NEW December Herbs on Saturday Challenge! Before I tell you about the special challenge I have planned for your this month, I would like to say a HUGE thanks to Jen over at Blue Kitchen Bakes for guest hosting the event [...]
Giveaway: Win one of three x £30 worth of Seeds (flowers, herbs or vegetables) of your choice I am delighted to offer three wonderful prizes for all you gardeners out there, whether it be window box, allotment or a large country garden gardeners – Seed Parade have very kindly offered THREE prizes of £30 worth of seeds [...]
The Lavender and Lovage Weekly Patchwork Quilt of Recipes and Photos It’ s Monday already……..where has the week gone, I know I seem to say that every week, but this week really has flown by and I cannot believe that we are nearly half way through October, I am sure there has been skulduggery afoot and someone [...]
Abergavenny to London via Jerusalem with Pop-Up Kitchens and Autumn Flowers I have been promising to write about my recent travels and adventures over the last few weeks or so, but, there is a lot to fit in as I have been travelling and attending press days, charity events, conferences, workshops, competitions and meals for the last four weeks; so, [...]
Lavender and Lovage Sunday Patchwork Quilt of Recipes and Photos with 5:2 Fast Day Recipes It’s been a crazy week, I have been so busy with a house full of guests, as well as trying to catch up with lots of back posts, reviews whilst cooking for eight people, developing new recipes and cleaning! But, [...]
Bake a Cake for Grandparents’ Day and Win a Luxury Flower Arrangement and a Grandparents’ Day Gift Basket It gives me GREAT pleasure to announce that Lavender and Lovage will be hosting a WONDERFUL baking contest on behalf of Interflora UK, Bake a Cake for Grandparents’ Day. The contest is NOT just about cakes though, you can [...]
~ Lavender and Lace, Roses and Salt with Sarah Raven ~ AND ~ A Posy of Flowers in the Kitchen with Interflora ~ I have been writing again, off-piste so to speak as in off-blog, and I would just like to let you all know where you can read my articles……..I am a regular writer for the [...]
A Summer Garden Party Flower Arranging Evening at the Interflora Flower School Two weeks ago I learned that I had won a pair of tickets (worth £145 each) to attend a flower arranging course at the Interflora Flower School that was being held at Chandos House, a beautiful Georgian townhouse situated in the heart of [...]
Karen S Booth
