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

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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