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Quite how long and why I started delivering cake every Friday, I just can’t remember, but I’ve been doing it for several years now. The beleagured shopkeepers certainly seem to appreciate a home made offering each week and I’ll continue as long as I can. The cakes go to a well-known outdoor shop, staffed byContinue reading “Cake Friday.”

We’ve seen some sunshine this week, at last. As the days get longer I’m spending more time in the garden, pruning, weeding (they’re still growing!) and checking the progress of all the bulbs I planted last autumn. In the midst of all this I noticed our rhubarb bravely pushing its’ way through to the light.Continue reading “Rhubarb!”

Whilst I’m not a great fan of Mother’s Pride or Warburtons bread, those sliced loaves have their place. As a child, long car journeys always involved a Tupperware Square Round packed with tomato sandwiches, squashed and soggy from the juices squeezed out and into the bread by the small box. Later, when expecting one ofContinue reading “The Baker.”

It’s become quite a ritual for us to stroll up the road to the butchers shop on Fridays. Their meat is amazing and, of course, we can always see exactly what we’re buying. Have you noticed how supermarkets often hide a gristly bit of meat under the label? You open the pack and groan…Not soContinue reading “The butcher.”

Did you know that St. Valentine was the patron saint of bees? I didn’t but I’m pleased to have learnt something new today. It’s not a day that we celebrate these days, but I know lots of friends who still buy cards and flowers or chocolates. We don’t celebrate Father’s day either as we feelContinue reading “Happy Valentine’s day x”

We can’t all like the same things, life wouldn’t be very interesting, would it? I enjoy tennis, but won’t be watching the Super Bowl like some people I know. When it comes to food, I’m the only person in our immediate family who really likes mushrooms so when I get the chance, I’ll always chooseContinue reading “A matter of taste.”

My first teaching job was at a school in Orpington, Kent where there were four of us in the Home Ec. department. Each week the pupils were given a list of ingredients they would need for next weeks’ lesson and it soon became clear to me that there would always be a child who arrivedContinue reading “Food matters.”

In the dim and distant past I seem to remember that we rarely ate chicken as it was more expensive than beef, lamb and pork. The exception would be Christmas when the butcher delivered a capon – a male chicken which was neutered to improve the flavour of the flesh. Fast forward to today whenContinue reading “Fowl!”

Earlier this week I read an article in one of the daily newspapers which was entitled “Gen Z just can’t cook” which I found somewhat disappointing, given the years I’ve spent trying to teach so many young people about the importance of food. It just so happens, though, that there are a number of youngContinue reading “Interesting…”

That was quite a week. It all started on Monday with Youtube deleting my latest video because, apparently, I’d breached their rules. No explanation, so I don’t know what I’ve done, but it’s gone. Maybe we’ll be able to edit the original one but I feel that I might just have to make a newContinue reading “Phew!”