As the snails are back in my courtyard and the countryside is covered in poppies on my lockdown walks I decided to be lazy and re-post this. Besides that there's a recipe for a dark flourless chocolate cake for those that can't find flour on the supermarket shelves, or are Dark chocolate cake with poppyseeds and walnuts[Read More]
Leaf to Root Soup and Celery leaf pesto
Now that we're in lockdown in France and our weekly market has been annulé, or cancelled until further notice, I decided to make the most of the vegetables that I had and came up with a recipe that I called Compost Soup. Its ingredients comprise of everything you Leaf to Root Soup and Celery leaf pesto[Read More]
Walking the Golden Road on the Preseli Hills
Last week I found myself in Pembrokeshire, Wales, taking part in a 14 mile walk across the Preseli Hills in aid of the Busoga Trust. It all started with a round robin email sent by Lucy Bakr of Saint Remy, Provence, to raise money for the charity that builds wells and water Walking the Golden Road on the Preseli Hills[Read More]
Fermenting Vegetables with Sandor Katz
It seems that the subject of fermented foods is a hot topic right now. So I was thrilled to be invited by Vanessa Kimbell to The Sourdough School Fermentation Garden Party on a sunny day in June. Besides a delicious lunch there were also plenty of tasty treats to sample, Fermenting Vegetables with Sandor Katz[Read More]
Spicy chickpeas
Its summer here in Provence and with all the lovely tomatoes, lettuces and vegetables in the market, all I want to eat is salad for lunch. But to save it getting monotonous, I like to add different things to the basic lettuce, tomato, cucumber, radish combination; so Spicy chickpeas[Read More]
