Posts tagged 'foodie news'
25 April 2012
Dosas – Southern Indian Pancakes
My parents have recently come back from a wedding in Southern India and they have been to one of my favourite regions, Kerala. They were blown away by the delicious food and already miss the flavours of their staple, the dosa. At about the same tim...
Read more28 March 2012
Sophie Grigson Cookery Demonstration At The Oak Tree In Helperby
On Monday 26th, we had arranged a cookery demonstration by Michael Ibbotson (who owns the acclaimed The Durham Ox); they have, also, recently taken over The Punch Bowl in Marton cum Grafton and breathed life back into it and are developing a reputati...
Read more19 March 2012
A Better Version Of Simnel Cake Than My Last Attempt
A year or so ago I made a simnel cake, but it came out rather squat and a tad heavy. The squatness was easily remedied with a smaller baking tin, while the texture was improved through using a lighter recipe with more eggs. I have, also, used an id...
Read more17 February 2012
Some Recipe Ideas For Laura Santtini's Alchemical Larder Ingredients
I have been asked by several people to give some starting ideas for the various goodies within Laura Santtini's Alchemical Larder box that we provide to Fortnum & Mason, Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Selfridges amongst others. So while there is a...
Read more23 December 2011
Give Some Time And Make Some Christmas Sweets
In this festive period, we have been asked out to various families for drinks, or the kids out to parties. And the question always is what to give people in a period of giving. So yesterday, the kids and I spent a happy day making sweets, much as w...
Read more06 November 2011
Lamb Stew With Rosemary & Lemon
I was pottering around the shops the other day and their was some good looking shoulder of lamb. They called out to me "Cook me, take me", so I asked the butcher for them and popped them in the basket. Back at home, I found some lemons that need us...
Read more18 October 2011
Blending Breakfast Teas (Part 3)
So how to get us started? Well, I decided to start at the end first and to work backwards, so I tried to work out what were the types or styles of tea that we wanted to come out with as products. Basically, we were looking for light, medium and stron...
Read more06 October 2011
Blending Breakfast Teas (1)
I have been doing some research while trying to create a range of Breakfast Tea blends to complement our very popular English Breakfast Tea. This has partly been a matter of curiosity as I like, in a slightly anoraky way, reading old books on tea, s...
Read more01 August 2011
Two places for tea – The Old School House and Galloway Activity Centre
I seemed to spend the first week of our holidays driving a triangle from Loch Ken to Cream O’ Galloway at Rainton and then to Kirkcudbright, ferrying our kids from activity to activity. We did manage to break for tea a few times.
Read more12 July 2011
How To Prepare The Meat For Your Burger
But the key to the recipe is the meat. You should not just get the nearest pack of mince that you can find, but should go to a proper butcher and get the mince made for you using the right types of meat. The best beef for a burger comes from the top...
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