Blistered Summer Salad

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Do you remember how great summer holidays were as a kid? A … More

Orecchiette with Ricotta, Eggplant & Black Olives

“Things have a life of their own,” the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. “It’s simply a matter of waking … More

Love, we’re going home now, Where the vines clamber over the trellis… – from ‘Love, We’re Going Home Now’, Pablo … More

Designers want me to dress like Spring, in billowing things. I don’t feel like Spring. I feel like a warm … More

“On the vines the grapes hung in tiny clusters, freckled and warm.” – from My Family and Other Animals by … More

The crazy vegetables Uncurled Their tendrills and leaf-crowns, Throbbing bulbs, In the sub-soil The carrot With its red mustaches Was … More

In these days of food blogs and online savvy, I’m relatively picky when it comes to buying cookbooks. I have … More

I woke up today and, just like that, it is spring. The air has lost its chill, the first of … More

It’s Monday night. The weekend just past was a busy one. I spent all of Saturday out at Beaudesert for … More

It’s been threatening to rain for a few weeks now, and this weekend it finally did. Not quite soon enough … More