~ 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 ~
May Day, Foraging and a Prelude to Summer ~ Old Fashioned English Elderflower Cordial ~ The first of May is a special day in my family, it was my maternal grandfather’s birthday and it is the prelude to a month of many family birthdays and anniversary celebrations, of which one is mine. It’s also a [...]
Old Fashioned Sweet Violet Syrup for Easter & Mothering Sunday Cakes & Bakes It’s violets all the way……..I seem to have hundreds of these beautiful, highly scented flowers in my garden this year – they are delightful and make me smile when I open the front door. And to think that just two weeks ago [...]
Old Fashioned Lemon Balm and Lemon Verbena Lemonade Syrup Tuesday 5th July 2011 ~ Old Midsummer’s Day and My Dad’s Birthday! Mardi 5 Juillet 2011 ~ St Antoine The hot weather continues and I have decided that action is required on the lemonade front ~ I have lemon balm and lemon verbena in the garden [...]
Karen S Booth
