Welcome
Hello and welcome to the getting of culinary wisdom.
A dear friend of mine said to me the other day, and I quote: ”some people eat to live and others live to eat”...
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Great Coffee
Always make sure the machine and grinder are clean so that the coffee is absolutely fresh. At the end of the day store the coffee in the grinder hopper in the fridge to ensure freshness...read more
Quick Desserts
We have talked previously about quickie main meals but what about a quickie dessert? What is the trick to throwing together a dessert... read more
Salad Dressings
As the first flush of Spring appears in the air, we banish the hot vegetable platters from the table, throw the steak on the bar-b-que and reach into the fridge for the lettuce leaves... read more
Risotto
A few weeks ago we discovered how to master a first class soup: i.e. master first a first class stock. Today we will put our beautifully aromatic stock (which having made up we have stored in the freezer!!) to use... read more
Mozzarella
Roll on Spring! This wonderful weather conjures up images of buds about to burst on trees and shrubs everywhere, of long lazy afternoons... read more
Pasta
Long, late afternoons in the garden mean coming in late. What better dish to put on the table in just a few minutes but pasta... read more
Soups
As the air chills, the wind howls, the rain pelts down, we seek out warm hearths, cosy corners, hot water bottles, eiderdowns, wooly sweaters and … Soup!... read more
Summer Vegetables
So it is Summer. What to have with that Bar-b-qued fish or chicken or steak that is more than iceberg lettuce, cucumber and tomato?... read more