Author Archives: Becky

Over the years I’ve noticed that the first swathe of colour in our garden each spring is yellow. Then as the daffodils die it becomes blue – grape hyacinths, blue bells, irises… But then if I look hard it’s the turn of the asparagus to take me by surprise and it’s done it again, littleContinue reading “Signs of Spring”

From my family to yours, we hope you have an enjoyable time. If you’re able to see family and friends, I’m sure you will share some good times with good food too. It must be a bit more than two years since I first blogged and life has almost returned to normal for most ofContinue reading “Happy Easter!”

Earlier this week I was interviewed by Rob for his show on local radio. He’s quite a foodie and often comes up with a topic he wants to discuss and this time it was Easter. As usual I made notes – fairly scruffy, but a list of facts and details I might need. He caughtContinue reading “Easter is coming.”

What a week this has been – we started off in glorious sunshine, so spent the weekend mowing, pruning, weeding etc. but now we are back to winter. We have had hail, sleet and snow with very chilly temperatures. This inspired me to reach down the slow-cooker and make a delicious beef casserole. I don’tContinue reading “Weather!”

This weekend marks the halfway point in the season of Lent. It’s also when we celebrate Mothering Sunday, never called Mother’s Day by me as that’s quite different and what we enjoyed when living in the USA. I suppose my insistence on the use of what might be considered an archaic name is due toContinue reading “Mum’s the word!”

Many years ago my mother belonged to the W.I. (Womens Institute) and took part in the monthly challenge. One I remember clearly was to make a jar of lemon curd and I was given the job of creating a batch from which she would choose the jar she would enter. She was awarded second prizeContinue reading “Lemons….”

This week I was struck by just how flat our eastern county is, as we drove west through the Chilterns to the Cotswolds. There were so many Red Kites soaring over us and swooping down to pick off their prey as we traveled on, marveling at the hills and vales on our route. Journeys’ endContinue reading “Just…?”

As a self confessed foodie, I can’t help but look on with sadness and fear for the people of Ukraine. To hear someone speak of hiding in a basement with 20 others without fuel or water, just carrots and potatoes to eat, is desperate. Politics aside, in the 21st century, this is a barbaric situationContinue reading “Why?”

Shrove Tuesday has always been a great favourite of our family. For many years we held competitions to see who could eat the most…this entailed a huge jug of batter of course! I had a very old Tupperware jug, with a lid and a hinged spout and whisked together 3 eggs with plain flour andContinue reading “Pancakes!”

We’ve woken to a sunny, calm morning after such a wild day yesterday. There were many warnings of the severity of storm Eunice and it seems most people heeded them, with schools, shops, libraries etc all closed for the day. Travel was badly affected with trees falling almost everywhere – even here in our littleContinue reading “Good morning!”