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!

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Fab holiday… lost a pound!

Somehow I have managed to lose a pound while being on holiday; light breakfast (as usual) light lunch ( as usual) rather larger dinner than usual because it was all so delicious, wine with every meal (well, not breakfast) plus beer plus Pimms’, ice-cream when we were out, a piece of delectable carrot cake, fish […]

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A delicious lunch with a friend

It’s always nice to meet my friend Andrew who I have known since I was eighteen. We spent an afternoon together recently and as we met just before lunch, having something to eat together seemed the ideal thing to do. We wandered from the station through Manchester, a city which I know well, but Andrew […]

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Dutch barbecues…. mmmmm!

A huge selection of meat and all beautifully arranged! This was only one of about five trays, burgers, chops, hocks, spare ribs, sausages, chicken, kebabs, steak, fillet, prawns…  Look at the desserts…. different sorts of a Dutch speciality called vlaai which comes from the province of Limburg…. utterly delicious!

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Cottage pie

Cottage pie is such a traditionally English thing I can’t imagine there are many people who grew up here who haven’t eaten it. We had it regularly at home, sometimes it was shepherd’s pie made with left over roast lamb minced, sometimes it was cottage pie from left over roast beef minced… I don’t remember […]

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