It was Nigel's birthday earlier this month - and that always involves strawberries. Despite the fact we'd been picking them from the garden for most of June, when Nigel was a child his birthday always signalled the first strawberries of the summer and some things should be … [Read more...]
Tortilla Española
Or Tortilla de Patatas. Or Spanish Omelette. It's the same thing. With or without onion, warm or cold - it's delicious. In my house it's less of a tapas event and more of a family supper when we're all rushing in and out and unlikely to be in the kitchen at the same time. … [Read more...]
Pimm’s and Strawberry Ice Lollies
We're in the second week of tennis at Wimbledon. I can't in all honesty say it's something I really get involved with other than I notice it's all that's on the BBC. I suspect it's the scars of my childhood - my mum, sporty to the core, followed avidly from Queens onwards and I … [Read more...]
Greek-Style Tomato Salad
This is just one of many, many tomato salads I make over the course the summer. I love them. It probably has something to do with the Sunday afternoon trips down my Grandad Dowton's crazy paved garden path to pick tomatoes from his greenhouse. Always supervised. (It wasn't, … [Read more...]
Greek-Style Asparagus Salad
Yesterday was a record breaking hot day - and this was lunch. I made some olive bread and put together a Greek-Style Tomato Salad, too, but I'll post them next week. I think I must be thinking 'Greece' because the news is so full of scenes from Athens. Tough times ahead for a … [Read more...]
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