How adventurous can you get with a courgette?

It’s hardly surprising that the prolific growth of courgettes in the world has spawned creative ideas for cooking them. I was delighted to see in my  Treasury of New Zealand Baking book that like carrots there is a place for courgettes in cakes.  I was...

Little Basset’s wars

My fellow tweeters will know that little basset has had surgery. A minor operation to sew up his ear.  He is fine but nursing 8 stitches and suffering the indignity of having to walk around with a cloth bag over his ear (a precautionary measure to stop him licking...