Let’s talk about the two elephants in the room. Firstly, there’s no photo of the easy spice lamb backstrap dinner, only the lamb. I was photographing my plate while the meal was still warm, and trying to make it look…
The Sweet Potato Salad Spot
Hands up who knew that the sweet potato was cultivated before the white potato? That Columbus pretty much introduced them to Europe? That sweet potato was considered an aphrodisiac, hence why extremely popular with serial philanderer Henry VIII?? Well, I…
Oranges and Sunsets Poems
Posting these purely for the love of oranges and sunsets. Brought to you by the colour orange. Oranges Come buy my fine oranges, sauce for your veal,And charming, when squeezed in a pot of brown ale;Well roasted, with sugar and…
The Tomato Tart You Can Take Anywhere
I come from a generation that inhaled the sweet-basil promises of the book Under The Tuscan Sun which ensured that, for rest of our lives, we’d indulge in the fantasy of starting afresh in Italy, renovating villas, pressing olives, and…
Jelly Shots and A Poem
I’ve only made these once, and every time I see this photo, I’m reminded of Covid lockdowns. These red, white and blue jelly shots were a novelty treat, enjoyed in September, 2021, to mark a football match. Our city was…
Celebrating Citrus Haiku in the 1600s
Food and poetry go together. Like emotion and metaphor. Like appetisers and champagne. Like boogity-boogity-boogity-shooby-shoowop-shabop (name that tune!). I so much enjoyed celebrating melons in the 1600s, I’m doing it again, celebrating citrus haiku with Japanese poet, Basho. lemon flowersrecalling…
