Peanut butter and chocolate cookies
I don’t often post about sweet things on the blog, given that my palette is wholly savoury! But, I’m making an exception for these wonderful peanut butter and chocolate cookies!…
Gingey Bites
Cooking the books: Wild Fermentation by Sandor Katz
Ooops… This was meant to be posted in December but somehow, we’re in 2021 now and I’m a little bit late! But, here we go with my last 2020 and…
New Year, new me? Probably not…
I’m sure I’m not the only one looking forward to seeing the back of 2020. It’s been a universally shit year for everyone, some more than others. We’ve made it…
Mum’s lamb casserole & dumplings
Now, more than ever, we’re shopping online. And not just for things we’ve been buying online for ages but pretty much everything – from Christmas gifts to flowers, clothes, furniture……
What I’ve learned from keeping chickens at home
If someone had told me a year ago that right now, I’d be spending most of my free time gardening or tending to my three, five, seven, six chickens, I’d…
Discovering just how special sake is
I’ve had sake before – both here in the UK, one drunken night in Australia and of course in Japan. I knew the basics – that it’s a fermented alcohol…
Here in Bristol, it really is all about the cooks
Around three weeks ago I was invited to join the virtual launch for all about the cooks. This is the third virtual launch I’ve attended now and feels like it…
Cooking the books: Salt and Time by Alissa Timoskhina
This is a gorgeous book. Written by Russian born Alissa Timoshkina founder of KinoVino supper club among other things. I was fortunate to meet her at Abergavenny Food Festival last…
Evening Service at The Red Church, Bristol
Despite the dire situation our food and hospitality industries find themselves in right now, thanks in part to our government’s poor handling of the coronavirus pandemic, there is some glimmer…
A twist on Matt Tebbutt’s sausage casserole with butternut squash and sage
This sausage casserole is a recipe I’ve made several times over the years. It appears the Saturday Kitchen cooking bible and is by Matt Tebbutt. It’s perfect when the heating’s…