Eat, My Friend

Your branches are a pomegranate orchard
with all precious fruits, henna and roses
saffron and spikenard, cassia, cinnamon
with frankincense trees, myrrh and aloes
all perfect spices …
Eat, my friend, drink -
lover be drunk with love
(The Song of Songs)

It’s time again for the Daring Bakers challenge. This month’s challenge is brought to us by Karen of Baking Soda and Zorra [...]

Mystery Vegetable

When I got a big bag of the above strange looking tubers in my weekly vegetable box from Riverford Stockly  the immediate response from my mum was “What on Earth are they?” Luckily I recognised them but I guess lots of people wouldn’t, they’re not an overly common sight here. They are Jerusalem artichokes, a vegetable I’d never [...]

On A Cold And Frosty Day

What more could you want to do on a cold autumnal day than potter around the kitchen making warming, seasonal delights? Sounds like a perfect start to the day for me, then I’d go out for a brisk walk with my Irish Setter before coming home to sample the goods, now nothing can beat that, [...]

Savour The Moment

Yay it’s Daring Bakers time again! Not only was this month different because it’s the first savoury challenge I’ve completed as a Daring Baker but the challenge was also partly gluten free and vegan.  It had been hosted by Natalie from Gluten A Go Go, and co-host Shel, of Musings From the Fishbowl neither of which are [...]

On My Soup Box

Soup is the ultimate comfort food isn’t it – soothing, warming and easy to eat. It’s also a great way to use up leftovers and excess food too. So when feeling under the weather (a horrid chest infection) and having some left over vegetables, what else can one do but make and eat vast quantities [...]

Sunshine Food

During my early teenage years my family and I spent several holidays in the Sunshine State of Florida, mainly in the Florida Keys, yes we did Disney too but the Keys offered so much more for us – a chance to see the ‘real’ Florida, eat well and relax.  
One of my favourite foods to eat [...]

Food To Support Our Rights

Inspired by Eva and Linda I decided to support the Colour Orange Campaign by discussing it here on my blog.  
The Colour Orange Campaign was initiated by Danish sculptor Jens Galschiot and aims to highlight the violations of the human rights in China on the occasion of the Olympic Games in Beijing August 2008. They are aiming to show disatisfaction about the current [...]