Food

Food is not just a necessity for life, it enhances and enriches our lives. I love every aspect of food… not just eating it! I love cooking, and growing things, I love recipe books and cookery programmes, I love talking about food, reading restaurant menus… but most of all, sitting round a table in good company enjoying a wonderful meal!

Food by LoisApril 6, 2016April 14, 2016

An exciting present!

A very kind friend was thinking of me as she went through a collection of books… yes, I know I’m getting rid of things I don’t want, but I do want these! Aren’t they marvellous, just exactly my sort of thing! There is another book which my husband has adopted, called something like ‘A World of […]

Probably the finest fish that ever went into a tin…

Food by LoisApril 6, 2016

Seasonal produce

Food by LoisApril 3, 2016April 3, 2016

Spring’s true harbinger

Food by LoisApril 1, 2016April 2, 2017

Christmas in spring time?

Food by LoisMarch 30, 2016March 23, 2016

More recipes from 1904

Food by LoisMarch 29, 2016March 17, 2016

Food by LoisMarch 26, 2016March 21, 2016

More on Mr Harben’s soups

Philip Harben was an intriguing character and interesting and popular media personality; born in 1906 to theatrical parents, he wrote many cookery books and presented the first TV cookery show. I have a little book he wrote in 1946, just after the war – or at least, that was when it was published, no doubt […]