cooking
Wild Food Fun: Wild Garlic (Ramsons) potato cakes
I had my first wild garlic of the season today! The woods behind our house are *full* of it – the banks of the stream on both sides are five foot deep with it, mostly just small baby leaves at the moment but some bigger leaves too. I picked some – a large handful – [...]
My favourite British green/simple living/craft blogs
I read A LOT of green/simple living blogs – some religiously, others only when the subject particularly appeals. There is such a wealth of knowledge out there and inspirational actions, not from proclaimed experts or media stars but from a range of people living (or trying to live) “simpler” lives. (I share my favourite posts [...]
10 goals for 2010
To make a meal using only ingredients I’ve grown, raised, caught or killed myself. To travel to a place on my “top ten places to go before I die” list. Finish writing my second novel. Learn how to make sausages – wet English style ones and cured ones too. Spend at least a day fishing [...]
Why you should wash out your tea cup every day
(or why you shouldn’t leave dregs in your cup if you take milk and two sugars, and are out of the house for a day.)
Flatbread with honey & sesame oil
I wanted to make some flatbreads to go with our lamb tagine this evening but all the recipes called for plain flour & yeast and I couldn’t find any of the latter in our over-stuffed cupboard. I kept the yeast-activating honey from the recipes I found though and aside from that just improvised. They turned [...]
Making stuff: fiery ginger and honey biscuits
I’ve been in a bit of a biscuit making phase recently – something I’ve not really done before because the effort has seemed like it was out of proportion with the end product. Then I found a really simple and quick recipe for cinnamon biscuits and made a batch for John in November, and after [...]