Simple recipes for my younger self
Strangely, not too many serious ricotta poems out there I could find to accompany this easy roasted vegetable and ricotta tart recipe. So, I attempted one. Anti-age cream I applyto transform wrinkles.Ricotta dressed up as cheese. -©ELSP 2024 So, who…
My name is old Jack Palmer, I’m a man of olden days,And so I wish to sing a song To you of olden praise.To tell of merry friends of old When we were gay and young;How we sat and sang…
Well, the internet hole I fell down this time was trying to find a worldwide term for honeycomb (honeycomb candy, hokey pokey, cinder toffee, sponge candy … sea foam?) Hey, I said, honeycomb – not honey! And what everyone in…
These photos are the dream. Open fire. Big smoky flavours. The comforting crackle of wood burning. Fat dripping and hissing on the flames. The pine-scented air of the great outdoors. A whiskey flask. A soulful harmonica. And something like this…
This oven-baked balsamic chicken is a terrific recipe to have in your back pocket, down your alley, up your street, and within your wheelhouse. It will float your boat, and bring home the bacon, even if it’s not your usual…
My mother’s favourite salad, and not just in summer, was iceberg lettuce, cucumber and tomato dressed simply with a little white sugar dissolved in sufficient lemon juice. I can imagine her. She made a portion for one, for herself, in…
Finding value where you least expect it is always wonderful. Finding value and beauty in the small things, or the overlooked everyday things, is something I try to remember to do when I can, especially when life’s throwing a few…
I love stumbling upon excellent salads. Personally, I always prefer hot foods, even in warm weather (the European in me), but an excellent salad is enough to make me … Neither too lean, nor too complicated; tasty but not drowning…
