~ 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 ~
The Secret Recipe Club: Mexican Taco Seasoning with Fried Ice and Donut Holes One of the things I love about the blogging community are the “challenges” that are hosted by different blogs and people……I try wherever possible to join in and I have met some wonderful people through some of the events I enter; my [...]
Gifts in a Jar ~ Mixed Spice ~ Old Fashioned English Pudding Spice The aromatic scent of the approaching festive season and Mum’s home baking, mixed spice is an essential jar in the spice rack. Mixed spice is a blend of sweet spices traditionally used in English cooking to provide a warming backnote. This typically [...]
National Curry Week, The Gurkhas and Kukhra Alainchi Sanga ~ Chicken Cardamom Curry ~ I have a great deal of admiration for the Gurkhas, as well as many happy memories of them. I went to school with several Gurkha children when I lived in Hong Kong during the 60′s and 70′s – they were my [...]
Old Bay Prawns/Shrimp in Wine with a Spicy Creamy Dip Old Bay Shrimps/Prawns in Wine with Spicy Mayonnaise Dip Friday 19th July 2011 Vendredi 19 Juillet 2011 ~ Ste Marthe At last, the weather is improving ~ it has been a funny old July…….it started of with a bang and the weather was amazing, sparkling [...]
Karen S Booth
