Buzy Bees

Honey is a pale yellow liquid, sweet, viscid and edible, collected and processed by bees from the nectar of flowers. The word honey comes from the Arabic hon which became in old English honig degenerating gradually to honey. The German word is still honeg.
Honey has been found in the tombs of ancient Egypt, where a [...]

Francesca & The Big Blue Book Strike Again

My lovely Israeli friend Francesca has just sent me the most delightful parcel full of gorgeous spices, cupcake cases and a stunningly beautiful plate which is an example of traditional handmade Israeli pottery. I felt so overwhelmed it brought a tear to my eye. Thank you Francesca, you really do spoil me
Ok so [...]

Sun, Sea & Seafood Under The Big Blue Sky

Summertime and the livin’s easy,
Fish are jumpin’, and the cotton is high.

Summertime – DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin

We arrived back from Norfolk at the weekend, oh how I wish I was still there! It couldn’t have been more perfect, glorious weather (apart from one afternoon of rain), lovely places to visit, early morning walks on the [...]

How Does Your Garden Grow?

I love this time of year; when the garden blooms. I particularly love how my ‘edible’ garden grows though and I thought I’d share a few ’snaps’ with you
Courgettes

Peas

Various Herbs

Many more herbs and vegetables are on the grow so expect to hear much more about my home grown produce in the very near future!

We All Knead Something Delicioso!

For years and years I’ve had my eye on the Sullivan Street Bakery recipe for no knead bread, and the other weekend I finally got round to baking it! Thank you Coby for finally giving me the inspiration to do it. Oh how did I put it off for so long? How could I do [...]

Casting A Spelt

“Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner” Don Juan

The lovely grain that is spelt has certainly cast its spell over me, from glorious flours to farro to spelt flakes, this wonderful grain does it all. The Daily Telegraph have called it the Keira Knightly of wholefoods – not bad at all for something that not so [...]

The Home Creamery

For many centuries butter making was either a domestic activity or was bought directly from the farm, now of course it is mass produced on a huge scale and can be bought from many sources and in many different forms.  So why attempt making your own? Why for the taste of course, it is a [...]