As I write this a large proportion of the UK has ground to a halt due to a fluffy weather phenomenon called snow. We have about 10cm of snow here and it’s rapidly thickening with the current blizzard. Have to count ourself lucky. Just 15…
This pie has been in the planning for a while. To celebrate British Food Fortnight I knew I wanted to bake a traditional Derbyshire dish, ideally savory and with pasty. Inspiration came from the most random of places – the latest East Midlands National Trust…
Thankfully we missed to worst of the snow, but it’s still bitterly cold with a biting wind. I’m on Chantry Farm’s mailing list and today recieved an interesting letter explaining where all their meat came from. With lamb home reared on thier farm, beef from…
Tonight I made roast pork with balsamic potatoes and onions that has featured on a particular *cough* chefs TV programme. It took a lot of pausing the freeview box to get the gist of the recipe! I have to admit I liked it more than…
While I was sorting out the kitchen yesterday I came across a cookbook I haven’t used in ages; 30-minute Indian – Sunil Vijayakar and with this weeks ingredient challenge being chillis I knew it had to be something Indian. I was really pleased how both…