Sorry - I've come over all smug because my grape harvest (vendange) has been formidable this year.
we have been growing the vine up the back of the garage on a south facing wall. Those of you who have been fol...
We had our first frost two nights ago and not just a light dusting either: the chooks' water was frozen solid.
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ast year I nearly lost a globe artichoke plant in a very cold snap and I did lose its neighbou...
I had cassoulet in a tiny restaurant in Toulouse called "Le Chat Dingue" (The Crazy Cat).
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t was freezing outside and I'm not sure that the restaurant's heating was working but after a steaming bowl of casso...
You can't move these days without bumping into Hygge: the Danish word for "cosy".
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t's a lifestyle aspiration we have been slow to adopt but in the wake of scandi dramas and nordic knitwear everyone is light...