food language

Do you have your own food language? You probably do, and don’t even realize it. Maybe in your family you … More

it’s not pretty

It’s not pretty, but it tastes quite delicious. That’s what happened with a pot of minestrone soup I made last … More

On a rainy day in the autumn, I made squash soup, and shared it here, on the blog. Recently we’ve had many rainy … More

It seems I always have tomatoes in the fridge. Not fresh, ripe ones. Tinned ones, but out of the tin … More

The last time I made this chickpea curry I wasn’t feeling well. A cold had been working its way through everyone … More

Every so often I find that I don’t know what to eat; I don’t know what I feel like having for … More

I once tasted a tomato-fennel soup at a restaurant, but it was more like watery tomato sauce; better suited to baked … More

Do you make quiche, or buy it? What about the crust? Sometimes I order quiche at a French café, though … More

Every so often it seems we have a fridge full of left-overs – enough for one person, times three or … More

It was a dark and stormy night. No. It wasn’t It was a dark and stormy day. No. It wasn’t … More