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 […]