~ 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 ~
Giveaway: Win a Set of Le Creuset “Petite” Casserole Dishes I love cooking in cast iron, and I also love my Le Creuset pots and pans, I have numerous ones in all different shapes and sizes. They are great for oven to table serving, and their heat retention is second to none. You can sauté in them, [...]
Fromage Friday! A Simple French Cheeseboard for Al Fresco and Summer Dining Now, I know regular readers will be expecting a “Fish on Friday” post today, and indeed I will be posting one a little later or tomorrow, but for now I want to share a simple idea for a summer cheeseboard, a bit if [...]
“Scandi” Friday with Hot Pickled Herrings and a Dill Pickle Potato Salad Recipe It’s a bit of an IKEA post today…..blonde and bleached wood, candles, white plates, sleek cutlery, dill pickles, coriander, lemons, SAAB convertibles, red and white enamel pans, herrings, dill pickles and potato salad, yes, it’s my regular Fish on Friday post but [...]
March Tea Time Treats Round Up Ooh La La! French Tarts, Cakes, Bakes and Pastries March’s challenge was a French theme, and I must say that even though French pastries are often thought to be tricky to make and bake, you all rose to the challenge, as you can see by the amazing entries below. We had eclaires, [...]
March Tea Time Treats Challenge: Ooh La La! French Tarts, Cakes, Bakes and Pastries Welcome to March’s Tea Time Treats! What a surprise Kate and I have in store for you – we want you to make and bakes anything Oooh La La! That’s French Tarts (!), French Cakes, French Bakes, French Pastries, Éclairs, Tarte au [...]
~ The Lavender and Lovage 2012 Calendar of Recipes ~ Happy New Year! I am sure that this year has flown by, as it only seems like a few weeks ago that I was celebrating New Year 2012 with you all……and here we are again, on the eve of a New Year. I was in [...]
An Easy Christmas Cheeseboard! Festive French Cheese Wreath with Boursin Cheese With Christmas and the New Year, as well as Thanksgiving approaching, I am starting to think of easy and yet spectacular ways to present meals, especially amuse bouche, aperitif snacks, nibbles and the festive cheeseboard. It is well-known with all my family and friends that [...]
5:2 Diet: Comfort Food that’s Low in Calories! Très Rapide French Tarragon Chicken Using the last of the French tarragon in my garden, I have lightened up a favourite recipe of mine, Très Rapide French Tarragon Chicken, the original buttery high calorie recipe can be found here Très Rapide French Summer Tarragon Chicken for Bastille Day! But, I have [...]
Trains, Sandwiches and British Egg Week: French Egg & Tomato Breakfast Tartine with Lovage Someone once said “It is better to travel well, than to arrive”; a common saying that is often attributed to Buddah, although it probably originated from a quote taken from Robert Louis Stevenson’s “El Dorado”….. “To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive” [...]
Fish on Friday, Fresh Figs and a Recipe for Potted Crab – Crab Rillettes It’s been an exciting day, we have guests, three lovely girls arrived yesterday for a week’s holiday and they have settled in already, and even laid three eggs today……….yes, it’s not my daughter and her two friends (although they are lovely [...]
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