A selection of recipes that have evolved in my kitchen……….all my own work!
These little gems are wonderful topped with smoked salmon and sour cream, on their own, or with a full English breakfast. I have just prepared them as a replacement for a flat bread with a curry. Simple to make, and devoured in an instant! INGREDIENTS 4 GOOD SIZED POTATOES, GRATED 2 EGGS BEATEN 1TSP. SALT…
Fast food that’s big on taste is a great option for after work meals. Try this simple salmon supper.
September is the month when preserves are high on the cooking agenda. Gluts of pretty much everything are still making us scratch our heads with what to do with all of it.
Today a new English speaking newspaper is launched in France, called French Week. Here is my piece from the first edition. Summer Time – And The Eating Is Easy. As the summer soars to its zenith, French cooking down shifts and moves outdoors. To enjoy seasonal food with a minimum of effort, there are some…
Fellow blogger, Mathilde’s Cuisine sent a message out earlier today via Twitter. She was looking for a recipe for dhal. I was quick to respond and sent her a message via Facebook with the instructions. I thought I would share it here. It is particularly good with puris – deep fried parathas, or any flat…
I have always had a fascination with flour. Probably because of my love of bread making, I have waded my way through pretty much every flour I have come across here, played with it and come up with something that pleases me to eat. I have to admit that I was surprised when I discovered…
It is the time of year here in France that our thoughts turn to harvesting the fruit from our gardens. I have a large cherry tree, two plum trees and more pear trees than I care to count. This weekend, it was the cherries that were gathered in, and despite the variable weather, I was…
We have a thing about preserves in our house. Everyone loves them, and I make a fair amount. They are very popular as gifts.Our French friends and neighbours are very enthusiastic about the “le chutney”. They are slowly learning how to make it from magazine recipes or from British neighbours. My closest neighbour Marie-Line (yes,…
The British have a certain way with words. We find it difficult to be too direct – a fine asset in some situations. There are however, times when we simply fail to say what we mean. Take dressed crab for instance. My immediate vision is, admittedly somewhat bizarre – say, a cheeky little black dress,…
Well……………….that’s not technically correct. It is, in fact a bowl of hot, steaming blackberries and apples, ready for a crumble. Call me biased, but I think British puddings are the best in the world. They’re not particularly elegant and on times thoroughly un-photogenic, But they’re F.A.B.to eat and everyone loves them.Lots of them are very…
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