How To Cook Baby Turnips, A Historical Fact, A Random Thought, And Three Ideas "It augmentith the seed of man and provoketh carnel lust" -Sir Thomas Elliot on turnips, 1539 Normal turnips, in my view, really...
How To Make Elderflower Cordial These instructions for making elderflower cordial were given to me about 25 years ago and I have used them every year since then w...
What Food Is In Season In June? This month the fashionable social events continue with horse racing on Derby Day and at Royal Ascot (which means picnics) and tennis at Wimb...
Saucy Lemonade with Hooch – and a selection of lemonade cocktails So I made lemonade, and I couldn’t help thinking that the addition of some alcohol might give it a whole new lease of life. I considered ...
Music To Cook To In July Music to cook to in July is all about gardens, and sunshine, and being outside. To get you in the mood you could listen to Beethoven's sy...
Recipes and menus for July "The colour of July is gold. Gold now are the barley fields which cover much of Norfolk. Gold in the sheltered eyes of hares, the clambering...
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 l...
Kalbsbratwurst – the famous veal sausage from St Gallen Well, here I am in Switzerland, on 1 August, Swiss National Day, and a friend has been kind enough to donate some genuine Kalbsbratwurst to ...
Hot and Cold Passionate Salad of Cucumber, Artichokes and Asparagus I got the idea for cooking the cucumber and coating it in a yoghurt and mayonnaise sauce from Lesley Blanch’s classic, Round the World in Ei...
