In the middle of moving house it suddenly dawned on me that we needed to eat – and I had made no plans for such a thing. Luckily, on opening the fridge, I was reminded that we had some chicken which had been meant for an impromptu barbecue we’d intended to have the night before [...]
At around this time in April two years ago I was walking through fresh snow, here in England. As I looked through my camera lens at fragile spring flowers bending under the weight of cold snow I marvelled at the surprises the elements sometimes throw up. Snow in April, who’d have thought it?
And now, having seen winter visit spring, summer has decided stop by. It’s been quite glorious this weekend, and so warm that it felt like June when I was sitting in the garden.
Thanks to this blog, Facebook and Twitter I have had the fortune of being able to communicate with so many wonderful people in America who, although we’ve never met, I consider my extended friends. It’s to all of you who I dedicate this post to and wish you the happiest of Thanksgivings.
James and I have been getting lots of brilliant entries into our ‘Farewell Floyd’ food blogging event. For my own part I decided to cook Keith’s Welsh Rarebit. It’s certainly a classier version of cheese on toast and well worth the extra effort.
This is such a quick and easy dinner, yet tasty and impressive – what more could you want? Rather than a recipe I give you some basic instructions for you to play with. Slice some onion and mushrooms and fry for a couple of minutes in olive oil over a medium heat. Turn the heat [...]
