When my three children left home all at the same time thirty-five years ago. I decided to leave too and travel around the Mediterranean. I went alone, a l'aventure - without plans or arrangements. I'm never quite sure how to review a cookbook. Obviously I'm not going to read every single word or cook every … Continue reading Med: A Cookbook | Claudia Roden #cookbook
There are lots of ways to start a story, but this begins with a chicken. One of the many strings to Risbridger's bow, is food writer. She has written a children's book, edited a poetry anthology as well as numerous other journalistic efforts, but food writing seems to be the things she keeps going back … Continue reading Midnight Chicken | Ella Risbridger #GBRnonfiction
To finish off another wonderful year of Paris in July with Tamara @Thyme For Tea, I'm going to tempt you with a few of the Parisian style means I enjoyed through July.My favourite local cafe is called Cafe d'Yvoire. They specialise in French cakes, desserts and meals. Mostly I just enjoy my morning coffee with … Continue reading A Little Paris in July in the Kitchen
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey is exactly the type of cosy crime I enjoy reading on a cold, rainy wintery weekend.Much like the UK series about Maisie Dobbs and the Australian series by Kerry Greenwood about Phryne Fisher, Massey has created the Indian version of these smart, pioneering 1920's women who have … Continue reading The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
Mirka & Georges: A Culinary Affair is a beautiful book and hard to define. Is it an art book? Is it a biography? Or is it a recipe book? I guess the subtitle that Harding & Morgan chose gives us a clue to their intentions - that food is the central idea around which the … Continue reading Mirka & Georges: A Culinary Affair by Lesley Harding & Kendrah Morgan
The Broke and the Bookish host a weekly meme called Top Ten Tuesday.Each week they nominate a topic to encourage those of us who love a good list to get all listy.This week it's all about food.My Top Ten Foodie Books I've been on a healthy food journey for most of my life.Trying to find the balance … Continue reading My Top Ten Foodie Books
I finished rereading Mansfield Park for Austen in August just before dinner.I'm not ready to write my post yet, but ever since Wondrous Words Wednesday (see below), I've been tempted by the idea of negus.I felt that the fitting way to celebrate the end of MP was with a glass of negus!A google search revealed … Continue reading A Glass or Two of Negus
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