This week is the first time in my life that I’ve gone to supermarkets and not been able to get all the things I wanted. It’s also the first time…
Browsing Category Cooking
Baking is…
Baking is…solitude that brings people together. Me, myself, and a spoon and a bowl as life around the house carries on around me. More often than not, it attracts attention…
A tiny taste of Spain (a visit to Macknade in Ashford)
It’s so nice when you go somewhere and discover something new to try. I get pretty excited by a new flavour combination, food that’s a bit different or just that…
Return of the mac
Whether you call it Mac & Cheese, Macaroni Cheese or even Macaroni Parmigiana, and whether it’s a childhood favourite or latest food fad, macaroni cheese has been gracing our tables…
What’s for dinner?
Seriously though, what’s for dinner? Why can that one question be so hard to answer sometimes? Too much choice? Not made a plan? Fed up with counting the calories and…
Sandwiches for dinner (Max’s Sandwich Book)
A Monday night, mid-January. It’s dark. Christmas is a distant memory — unless you’re the house down the road with their fairy lights still resolutely twinkly through the dark damp…
Easy as pie
Pies, glorious pies From our Cornish pasties to our Melton Mowbray pork pies, to our pie, mash & liquor, we celebrate our pies historically, nostalgically and sometimes even divisively. Whatever your…
Why I love Bake Off
Why I love The Great British Bake Off It will come as no surprise that I’m a big Bake Off fan. I know, right. Who’d’ve thought it? I joined the…
Stop! Don’t bin bread
Don’t bin bread! We all know that we should be doing more to cut down on food waste. Apart from the fact it’s well, wasteful, throwing away food has an impact…
Legendary Kentish Food, Gypsy Tart
Somewhere in Kent, some time ago… Delata moved around the countryside as the seasons changed. She was carried by the breeze through the fruit trees, picking cherries in the sun,…