Saucy Dressings’ Guide to Edible Flowers
"A flower is a weed with an advertising budget"
-Rory Sutherland, The Spectator
Not all flowers are edible, but some are and these can be used in fo...
Seasonal
St Patrick’s Boozy Bread and Butter Pudding
May you have the hindsight to know where you've been
the foresight to know where you're going
and the insight to know when you're going too far
Traditional I...
Poleaxed Peaches and Oranges to Celebrate the Battaglia delle Arance
Today is the festival of the battle of the oranges in Ivrea in Italy. The festival commemorates the old, familiar story of oppressed rising up. But in this annu...
Wise Man Gaspar’s Surprisingly Excellent Thrice Gold Cocktail
"First off, there's the petite evening accessory... these tend to be as intricately embellished as a Fabergé egg and... only marginally more useful.
But, gosh,...
Peppery Watercress Salsa Verde, Or With Basil and Mint
Salsa verde is a sort of variant of pesto without the nuts. It goes excellently with:Baby leek tart
Lamb
Fish
Chicken
Roast vegetables
Eggs
Use...
How Germans Do An Epic Foodie Christmas
This month Felicia Bettin tells us all about how Christmas is celebrated, from a culinary point of view, in Germany. Recipes for some of the goodies described f...
Recipes and Menus for November
Saucy Dressings aims to complete this post - four weeks' menus and recipes, plus a few spare by the end of 2020.Every year an additional week's menu, with t...
Gather Ye Blackberries While Ye May Because After Michaelmas Ye Will Have To Stop
Why? Michaelmas is the feast day of saints Michael, Gabriel, Urial, and Raphael, the feast of the archangels, celebrated on 29 September. It marks the end of th...
Indian-accented Corn On The Cob
"My intention was to go back to the Canyon for sunset when it is apparently even more spectacular with all the red condoms glowing in the light. My motel had a...
How To Make Raspberry Vinegar
"Here is a pleasant 'refresher', specially suitable for the young after lawn tennis or sports on hot days, but acceptable also to their elders when exhausted by...