~ 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 ~
Studio Pottery, Baguette and Fresh Strawberry Curd (Recipe) Way before Studio Pottery became fashionable, and every Vegan café or restaurant decanted their carrot juice out of terracotta pitchers or served their bean salads on slipware plates, my mum was making fabulous studio pottery at Art School…….in the heart of the English potteries in Staffordshire; her pottery is [...]
Quince Blossom and a Lazy Saturday Salad Recipe: Strawberry and Mint Fruit Salad Today has been a lazy day for me, for a change! My daughter has gone back home and I have just pottered all day – in the garden as well as in the kitchen. It’s all about strawberries today, and I have [...]
The First Sunny Day of Spring! Strawberry Fair Yoghurt Cupcakes Recipe Hurrah! The sun has finally come out and spring has most definitely sprung today! The birds are singing, the bees are humming and I even heard a cuckoo earlier, as well as the contented clucking from my sun-worshipping hens. The mercury has risen the dizzy [...]
Organic September & Seasonal Family Recipes – Chicken Pie, Strawberry French Toast & Soup with Cheese Toasties – When I was approached by Sainsbury’s recently and asked if I would like to participate in the Organic September event, which is being run by the Soil Association, I was delighted to accept the challenge. Organic is always the way to [...]
~ Cake Stall Cakes & Bakes ~ July Tea Time Treats Round Up: Part Two Are you sitting comfortably? It’s time for PART TWO of the BIG FAT TEA TIME TREATS round-up! Feast your eyes on the following entries, if you missed PART ONE – never fear, cos’ it’s here: PART ONE: Tea Time [...]
Low Calorie Vanilla Bean Scones for a Wimbledon Strawberries & Cream Tea I swore to myself that I wouldn’t cash in on the “W” word on my blog, and it has been easier enough not to mention it until now…….but now, I find myself with a PERFECT Wimbledon recipe, and it’s gone STRAIGHT in to [...]
More Jubilee Baking Little Red, White & Blue Strawberries and Cream Jubilee Cakes Something rather wonderful happened today……there was a knock at the door and there waiting for me, on the doorstep, was a GORGEOUS delivery of Scottish Strawberries, from Scotty Brand! I am very proud to be one of the Scotty Brand Bloggers, and [...]
English Scones With Mixed Summer Berries and Strawberries Cream A BIG Tea Time Treats Giveaway from Seasonal Berries to support Strawberry Tea 2012 (Breast Cancer Care) I am delighted to be working with Seasonal Berries and British Summer Fruits who are supporting Breast Cancer Care for their Strawberry Tea 2012. I am the Berry Blogger for [...]
- Tea Time Treats – Say it with Flowers for May BIG FAT FLORAL BAKING ROUND UP! PART TWO Tea Time Treats Hello again……I hope you are all still sitting at the Tea Time Treats Table, because here comes PART TWO! If by some disaster you missed part one, never fear, here is the DIRECT [...]
Barbecues, Berries and Salads More Meal Planning Monday I am late again, another late meal plan for Monday…….I know, I know……but I do have a valid excuse – I have been a bit under the weather lately and in the evenings, when I am usually to be found slaving away over a hot keyboard whilst occasionally slurping [...]
Karen S Booth
