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!

Spiced quinces

There weren’t many quinces this year, but maybe I have enough for this, because the recipe is made according to the amount of juice you get from the quinces. Put the peeled and cored quinces cut into small pieces in cold water and a small handful of kitchen salt (so the recipe says but I […]

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I have a squash…

I have a lovely butternut squash which I bought because they always looks so nice, they are almost an ornament in the kitchen… but also of course they do taste good. I am dithering over what to make, and I think really,, with it being so very chilly today it has to be soup! I’ve […]

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Sushi!

One of the nice things – or should I say one of the many nice things about teaching English to people from different countries is that we get to taste different food! Today Bei Nei brought in some hand-made sushi! Oh how yum! She had made them all herself, some with fish, some with crab, […]

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