Kitchen garden dreaming

Kitchen garden dreaming

When it comes to gardening I fall into the hopelessly romantic camp.  Even crawling along hand-weeding and hating the drudgery of it all, it isn’t long before I fall into day dreaming about the beauty of large walled kitchen gardens with fruit, vegetables,...
Sweet As: Lemon and Ginger Cheesecake Cupcakes

Sweet As: Lemon and Ginger Cheesecake Cupcakes

I have never been so wracked with self doubt and fear in the kitchen as I have in the last three months.  For  while there wasn’t much I cooked or baked that was worthy of putting on the table let alone featuring here on the blog.  Being consciously...
The trials of basset walks

The trials of basset walks

They don’t want for much in life, just food, a blanket on the sofa and a ready supply of sniffing walks.  We’re blessed with the multitude of dog walking options available to us close to where we live and rarely do the same walk two days in a row.  Or I...

For the love of food: take 2

Being jet lagged and off eating sugar and wheat are hardly the perfect ingredients for being a delegate at a food bloggers conference but I didn’t let that hold me back.  Less than a week arriving home from our UK trip I found myself at the new Le Cordon Bleu...
Continuity

Continuity

It might be tempting fate but I think I’ve been forgiven by the bassets going away.  They aren’t quite following my every move but still maintain a close eye from underneath those droopy lids just in case.  In case I might open the fridge and feed them...