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]
Provence
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]
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]
Pâte de Coing, Quince Jelly or Membrillo
October, Novermber is the time of year when quince appear in my local market in Tarascon. They’re not cultivated commercially like apples or pears, so you’ll have to look out for them and most probably will find them on a paysanne or small holder’s stall, who will have picked Pâte de Coing, Quince Jelly or Membrillo[Read More]
