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 Lois

Tomatoes drying

I mentioned yesterday that I was going to try drying some of my abundant harvest of tomatoes… So far so good! After eight hours in the drier they are still quite moist but definitely very flavoursome! I’m going to attack the rest of the ripe ones and hope the greens one will ripen… I have […]

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Feeling cheesy!

At the Weston Food Festival, I couldn’t resist tasting then buying some delicious cheeses. There were lots of different cheese producers but the one which particularly caught my eye was the Somerset Cheese Company. Although their stand was really busy, the people were really friendly and pleasant to everyone, even those who were just going round […]

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Couldn’t be easier!

Sometimes ingredients, particularly fruit and vegetables have incredibly loud voices. You think they are just sitting there in the shopping bag, Riverford Organics box, fruit bowl, vegetable rack, fridge, wherever, and as you just casually pass by the yell out something which cannot be ignored. Yesterday I had some love red, shiny,pointy peppers in my veg box […]

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