A stranger in a strange land…
Everybody, welcome Angela, the newest T.O.B. Cook. Angela is my dear friend from the North. We were both Northern girls and adored our birthplace… but I married and moved to the Midlands to be with the Bear and she married and then moved away even further. She’s ended up in Georgia, USA. Angela’s the one … Continue reading “Angela’s Apples … another T.O.B Cook”
Today is the last Bank Holiday of the year in England so we decided to make the most of it. A extra day added to our weekend – what bliss! The weather is good so we decided to go looking for more fruit.. and what fruit we found. We live on the top of a … Continue reading “Foraging again – apples, plums and more apples”
One of the big loves of my life is reading. I can do without television quite easily but I could not manage if I couldn’t occupy myself with something to read. I have shelves groaning with books and magazines are stacked in piles… I have an eReader so I can read when I can’t carry … Continue reading “Potato Focaccia”
Now that autumn is here we are starting to see the arrival of our glorious winter vegetables. As the seasons change, our food does too – we no longer want cooling salads or light and fresh meals, we need something to fill us and warm us against the chill winds and the leaves fall and … Continue reading “Cauliflower and apple soup”
When I made the delicious roast pork and crackling, I didn’t just eat the pork by itself (although I could have done…. could have done quite easily, actually), I did, in fact, behave like a civilised person and served it with vegetables. I really like to make the most of what we have and … Continue reading “Honey and thyme roasted parsnips and apple butter roast potatoes”
Lolly has been at it again… October 2010 Autumn is here as is the apple crop. We have all been trying to do as much as we can with the huge haul of apples and the lovely Lolly is no exception. We both love cake baking and Laura and I have been working on delicious … Continue reading “Lolly, updated.”
It’s the time of year when everyone who gardens starts to look around for people to take their extra produce off their hands. There are messages at work telling people if they want apples or pears they can help themselves, people come to work carrying bags of fruit and vegetables and we all start to … Continue reading “Meatfree Monday – Roast Garlic and Marrow Soup”
After the great news that over a thousand people had, this month so far, looked at the blog, I thought I deserved a celebratory drink. Yes, I know it was a work night but some things deserved to be celebrated. It was time, I thought, to try the vanilla vodka. I’d had great success with the … Continue reading “Vanilla Vodka cocktails”
Some time back, I was at work and I had a fancy for something sweet. That’s odd, for me as I generally tend to prefer savoury things. All I could find was some Turkish Delight that a Turkish colleague had brought back from a visit home. Normally I don’t like Turkish Delight because it is … Continue reading “Strawberry Surprise Marshmallows”
I do love autumn. As a season it suits me better than any other. I love the cooking I do then… I like the cooler weather.. I absolutely adore the darker nights and getting home to our warm and cosy apartment and putting the lights on so the place glows. I love the colours of … Continue reading “Apple Butter Cake”