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Locally-made cheese and a spicy pasta recipe
My role as a parent seems to have morphed into someone who ferries my offspring from a to b, opening my wallet somewhere along the way. I’m glad they have social lives that are interesting and...
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Cheese snob
Do you have any food obsessions? Looking through the chapter headings of a book titled Obsessions featuring the ‘favourite foods and heartfelt passions’ of the ‘Two Fat Ladies’ (Clarissa Dickson Wright...
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In my kitchen in December…
Is December going by in a blur for you too? Food shopping and cooking through my list of goodies is part of the pleasure for me, but phew I’m busy. My kitchen surfaces have been taken over by jars,...
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A big appetite for small food
A few weeks ago I made 300 canapes. All in a good cause (to help raise funds for my daughters’ school) but it did take me and my sister the best part of a day. My mass catering exploits have over the...
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The merry, merry month of May – by mouth
“Girls. This is your Mother.” KP dropped this phrase into the conversation over the breakfast table several times this month. Meals cooked at home are the heart of my life, my family and this blog....
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Tips for pairing wine and cheese plus where to taste in Dubai
“Oooh…you’ve got an Enomatic machine.” I was as excited as man having a mid-life crisis contemplating the polished red metal of a brand new Ferrari. Why was I excited? Yuwraj Seetamonee, sommelier of...
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Cheese and wine in your suitcase
Unpacking my suitcase after travelling back from the UK involves delving into the middle of all the clothes for a big plastic bag full of knobbly packages. Two week’s worth of English cheeses softens...
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Unpacking the suitcases – in my kitchen
Unpacking at the end of two months in the UK is always a bit difficult. So having some treats to put away helps ease the sadness of leaving family, friends, rolling hills and – this year – an...
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Borough Market
Tourist. Somehow this has become an undesirable term, a dirty word. Associated with snaking crocodiles of dull-eyed sentries, coaches like ant-hills spilling people, couples touting backpacks and...
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Perfect Christmas Cheese board
If you are thinking that you might not need cheese with the fully laden table which makes up the Christmas feast, you and I have nothing in common. A Christmas cheese board is always welcome as a...
View ArticleWhy you need a festive cheese board and how to make one
Maybe it’s complete madness to think about adding more food to the Christmas table but a festive cheese board is absolutely non-negotiable in my book. If the festive spread brings people together...
View ArticleMustard and Cheddar macaroni cheese
I have a obsession passion for finding out about ingredients, how they’re made, where they come from, the story behind them. This time last year I went in search of everything about dates, this is part...
View ArticleA life dedicated to cheese. How to make organic Reblochon the hard way.
I gaze down out of the window at a woman hanging out washing in her garden. The look of incredulity on her face says it all as our coach turns the sharp bend of a narrow lane that winds up the verdant...
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