Thick cut pork chops with celeriac remoulade
Thick cut pork chops with the bone in and rind still on are both more flavourful and less likely to dry out during cooking. These ones, from Ruby and White…
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Slow cooker sherry braised whole pork cheeks
Ok, I’m not going to lie – I was pretty scared when these whole pork cheeks (also known as pork jowl) arrived from Swaledale Butchers a few weeks back. For…
This is REAL Kombucha and it’s great!
If you’ve read my blog for a while, you’ll know we’re fans of Kombucha in this house. We’ve even experimented in making our own and love fermentation with items like…
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!…
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…
The ultimate Welsh cheeseboard
It’ll come as no surprise when I tell you that for me, Christmas is mostly about the food. It’s also about family. We get together, batten down the hatches and…
Cheese and onion pie with winter slaw
I’ve always loved a pie. In fact, my first ever blog post back in 2012 was about a pie. Perhaps it’s because I just love comfort food or perhaps it’s…
Creamy butternut squash gratin
Well it’s most definitely autumn and winter is on the way. Cold, foggy, miserable weather has been the usual here so so comfort food order is the order of the…
A Sunday roast worth leaving the country for
On our recent trip to Wales, we finished the weekend with a Sunday roast at The Pod Newport. I’d looked at it online and knew that we’d be in for…
This is Wales: pub dining spotlight
I was invited by Food and Drink wales to spend three days travelling around and getting to know Monmouthshire and the Brecon Beacons. This was an unpaid press trip but…