Chasing culinary white whales
"It’s not until you come to make it yourself that you see what’s not written down.” Felicity Cloake This is my culinary white whale - and I apologise for it not being one of my mother's dishes. Which is not to say that I don't make things that my mother did, and that I don't remember those dishes with all those warm and cuddly feelings the cooking world would like us to have when we think of mum's cooking - or even better - grandma's cooking. And I will come to mum and gra
May 4
Memory rambles over lunch
"Nostalgia - the vice of the aged." Angela Carter Same old, same old. Another ramble about memory and nostalgia. I know, so apologies, but I couldn't really let our wonderful Friday lunch with our regular lunch friends go unacknowledged. I mean look at it - in spite of my awful photography. Not my cooking this time. In the last few years we have fallen into a pattern with two old friends, of entertaining each other - turn and turn about - with an invitation to lunch. Bo
May 3
A detour to broad beans and Nigel
"Grey food tends not to win a child over." Nigel Slater This was going to be a blog called 'You don't need a recipe' which partly came from thoughts gained from the Guardian Feast newsletter, from the next website on my list, and also a look at the next yellow sticker pointing out of Nigel's book Tender Volume 1. All three very tempting in themselves and also as a kind of amalgamation of ideas about recipes. However, I soon realised that that was too big a task and decided
May 2