How does your garden grow?

The long cold winter seems like just a memory here in London (apologies to our  less lucky Northern readers!) and my little garden has been responding well to the fabulous warm sunny weather we been having since late June with things starting to crop abundantly… Read more

The Ultimate Roast Potato?

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I am almost comically stereotypically Irish in my love of potatoes.…

Swedish Apple Cake

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The weather may have warmed up in the past day or so, but it…

Get stuffed…

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The cold and icy weather has made me less than enthused about…

Hare today, gone tomorrow…

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It's game season. Living in the countryside is giving me…

Making Damson Gin

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I discovered that it's not hard to make a fantastic spirit to…

Going for goat

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After all the rich roasts and traditional tastes of Christmas…

Breast is best… a plump woodpigeon starter

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Here's a perfect woodpigeon breast, wrapped lovingly in locally…

Really, eely good…

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Oh missus, what a chopper… Mister North and Miss South…