There are varying merits to eating lamb at different times of the year. Young spring lamb is deliciously tender but later in the year autumnal lamb is much more flavoursome as it’s had more time to develop. It’s at this time of year that I particularly like to slowly roast a leg or shoulder of lamb. Read more.
As I sat on the train this morning, open book in hand, vaguely looking out of the window at the commuters on the platform of the station we’d just pulled into, I was suddenly struck by the sound of birds singing brightly and proudly. As the doors slammed shut and the train pulled away, onwards to the grey concrete city of London, the sound of those birds stayed with me, making me feel light and happy, and I walked to the office with a spring in my step. Read more
Like a good Bordeaux, a pair of worn-in shoes and women (of course!), lamb is even better when it matures, as I learned this evening when I cooked it for the first time. I’ve wanted to try it for some time and was urged to do so by the readers who commented on this thread but until today I’d not seen it available. It was in the John Lewis Food Hall yesterday that I saw a sole packet of organic mutton, which I snapped up
Working close to London’s Oxford Street is a double-edged sword. It’s a shopper’s paradise, there’s no doubt about that, you can find just about anything here, and there’s always Regent Street just around the corner for anything you can’t find. I’ve spent many a lunchtime browsing (and buying). Of course the downside to this is [...]
Mmm…mmm…mmm. I enjoyed this month’s challenge, with succulent British lamb, new potatoes and broad beans, all in season now. This is my entry for the event, hosted this month by the lovely Cherry– roasted leg of lamb, minted new potatoes and broad bean puree. The potatoes were boiled with a few sprigs of fresh mint [...]
It’s been another scorcher today, with blazing sunshine and gloriously clear blue skies. This unseasonal weather has thrown my body clock right out, I can tell you. I’m thinking I’m in the middle of high summer, not mid-spring. Please don’t get me wrong, this is not a complaint – far from it; I adore the [...]
