~ 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 Tea Time Treats: The Biscuit Tin and Cookie Jar! Biscuits and Cookies Welcome to May’s Challenge for Tea Time Treats! After a HUGE and very successful April with Kate, who was the Fairy Cake and Cup Cake queen, we decided to go crisp and buttery for May, and so the theme this month is: [...]
Round-Up: April Herbs on Saturday Cooking Challenge Here we are again, one month later and another fabulous round-up of the most amazing and diverse herb recipes! There were some wonderful recipes from lavender cakes to mushroom soup with all sorts of other delights in between……and, as ever, I am constantly amazed at how much talent [...]
Weekly Meal Plan and Two Day Diet Recipes: Salmon Niçoise Salad (5:2 Diet) I was a little naughty last week, the weekly meal plan with my two-day diet went out of the window and I enjoyed much feasting with gusto and without one guilty thought! MY daughter Hannah was visiting and we embraced the warm [...]
April Herbs on Saturday: Win a Cooking with Edible Flowers Book! Welcome to April’s Herbs on Saturday Challenge! Before I start, I would like to say a HUGE thanks to the lovely Andi over at London Busy Body who was the fabulous host for March, and you can see her brilliant round-up here: Herbs on Saturday – [...]
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 [...]
Herbs on Saturday February Round-Up and the Winner announced! Welcome to another month of herbal glory, as ever, you have all risen to the herbal challenge and I am amazed at the range of herbs that have been used in the delectable recipes shown below! There is a winner, for the wonderful book “Self-sufficiency Foraging” by [...]
February Herbs on Saturday Challenge: Win a copy of the Self-sufficiency Foraging book Welcome to February’s 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 Vanesther over at Bangers Mash for guest hosting the event for January. [...]
Tea Time Treats for January 2013: The Round-Up with Citrus Delights! The call was made for this month’s Tea Time Treats to be made with all things CITRUS….oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit or kumquats……as well as clementines, satsumas, tangerines etc and you DID not disappoint. We had SIXTY THREE entries into this month’s zingy challenge, and every [...]
Book Review: What Katie Ate, Recipes and other Bits and Bobs What Katie Ate: Recipes and Other Bits and Bobs [Hardcover] Katie Quinn Davies (Author) Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Collins (28 Feb 2013) ISBN-10: 0007458592 ISBN-13: 978-0007458592 RRP: £25:00 One of the most pleasurable tasks I undertake as a food writer and food blogger, [...]
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