Pork and Borlotti “Cassoulet” Recipes, Vegetable I had cassoulet in a tiny restaurant in Toulouse called "Le Chat Dingue" (The Crazy Cat). I t was freezing outside and...
83%83 Fig and Goat’s Cheese Tart Fruit, Recipes My little fig tree has been with me through hell and high water. Well three house moves and several very hot summers in ...
Peas From The Garden, Vegetable I love peas. So does my sister. She is not allowed in the vegetable patch unchaperoned during pea season because she w...
Hygge! Ramblings, Recipes, Vegetable You can't move these days without bumping into Hygge: the Danish word for "cosy". I t's a lifestyle aspiration we have...
Winter Solstice Ramblings I get a certain thrill as the Winter Solstice approaches. Not through any pagan sympathy but because after the 22nd De...
Summer Solstice Ramblings The solstice dawn was grey and wet and rather breezy too. But while the solar spectacle was disappointing, the garden ...