Archive for September, 2010
Chicken in Fried Onion Sauce with Mustard and Fennel Cauliflower
It’s been so long that I’m not sure anyone is still reading, if you are then thanks for being so patient while we’ve been off enjoying ourselves. The Summer has been brilliant fun but not much of it has been spent in the kitchen. We have of course been eating and, as is now second […]
Read More..>>Steak and Pickled Mushrooms
Kerri was out tonight so it was up to me to cook my own dinner and I found that I was craving STEAK. But in an attempt to be reasonable and not over-indulge after last week’s continual over-indulgence, I bought a smallish steak. Which meant that I over-cooked it while being distracted by the smoke […]
Read More..>>Tom Yum Goong
While searching to see if I had already posted this recipe, I came across this post, the opening line of which reads “The plan was for something light and spicy to counteract the amount of heavy food we’ve eaten over the last few days”. Not that we’re creatures of habit or anything but that was […]
Read More..>>A Week in Devon
We spent last week in Devon, staying near Totnes which Wikipedia describes in the following way “It has a sizeable alternative and “New Age” community, and is known as a place where one can live a bohemian lifestyle.†While I’m not sure bohemian is exactly the right way to describe us, we certainly enjoyed a […]
Read More..>>Little Chef, Popham
We spent last week in Devon and, on the way there, made a small detour to the Little Chef in Popham. I can’t remember if I’ve ever eaten at a Little Chef before, when I was small we always used to go to the Happy Eater (which I loved for it’s badges and lollipops) if […]
Read More..>>Slow Simmered Bean Soup with Mint and Pasilla Chile
This was good, really good but that’s all I can remember about it. One of the problems with food blogging (for me at least) is that often, once I’ve committed my thoughts and feelings about a dish to the page and hit submit is that I tend to forget the finer details, safe in the […]
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