Cooking outside as the sunsets is a great summer treat. As the evenings are still light and the remaining heat of the day lingers, catch the last of the sun with those you love over a glass of something cold. This unusual way of cooking fish causes a stir but you can be rest assured knowing that no bits of fish will get lost in the coals or gets stuck…
Summer is all about school fetes, cricket matches and days out to the beach, so wherever you pitch up this easy afternoon tea will hit the spot. A selection of sandwiches served with a coffee cup-sized serving of soup on the side. Afterwards serve scones, clotted cream and jams with a side of lusciously rich Lemon Possett and I’ve got a feeling you will feel refreshed and deliciously stated all…
Usually, as with wild garlic, I manage to miss these every year and get thoroughly miffed with myself. There is really no excuse when it comes to elderflowers as I have a tree in my garden. I've seen such gorgeous Instagram photos of recipes and decided to act swiftly before time ran out. In fact, they are still flowering even now so all good. We made Elderflower gin but…
As a way of saying thank you to a good friend of ours who came to our aide regarding a rather impulsive eBay purchase, we honoured him with a curry night at the beach hut. I have a curry recipe which I use all the time and it does it for me. I don't grind my own spices, I simply use a ready-made curry paste but always it has to be Patak's™. I've…
This week in our part of the UK it has still been wild and windy with gusts blowing up to 60mph. Our house is two streets in from the seashore so we seem to escape the worst of it and our beach hut is safely stored away until Spring so we don't have to worry there. I planned to be all creative with leaves from the garden this week for…
I thought I would share this recipe with you by way of a small thank you to my darling husband as he cooked this for me recently and it's too good to keep it to myself. Also by way of a thank you as lately I may have been a tiny bit tetchy. I thought I was being super helpful to my loved ones around me by offering advice in…