Say it's strawberry season and the berries are full of sun: really delicious at last. Say you are having a dinner party and you want a special dessert in no time. Say it's been a hard day and you want a guaranteed treat and can't be bothered to do … [Read more...]
A Maytime tea celebration
“Point me to the nearest garden, beach and tea shop” May is the most liberated of months. It throws off all restraints to burst voluptuous into blossom and leaf. It’s also the month of bank holidays, when we migrate towards green space and … [Read more...]
Madeleine Kamman’s Profiteroles Pontresina
Madeleine Kamman -- French chef, author and cookery teacher -- is acclaimed for her superb recipes, many of which you won't find elsewhere, and for her beautiful prose. Both celebrate the food French women have cooked in the home, giving it due … [Read more...]
Fruit-focussed Pavlova
The problem with fruit desserts is often the fruit. Even in season it’s not easy to find varieties grown for flavour, or specimens picked when ripe enough to taste of something. There's cause for rejoicing therefore when one does find fruit that … [Read more...]
Early spring magic: wild garlic, radishes and the common primrose
The softness of these early spring days is heartbreakingly lovely: the birdsong, the quality of light, the gentle but perceptible warmth of the sun; and who could resist the antics of those gangs of new lambs racing in the fields for the joy of … [Read more...]
Easter is late this year
There ought to be a re-play holiday for lost holidays, or a saint: Saint Second Chance for lost opportunities. Holidays have sometimes passed me by in a blur. Work, all the cooking and whatever, and they can go before I catch up to being there – … [Read more...]
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