Kitchen Diaries Challenge 2013

Today's cocktails needed to go with the mushroom pastry puffs, that had a spike of sherry in them, so a sherry cocktail was perfect - 4 ...

A nice recipe from Riverford Organic s, this.  It doesn't look any different from ordinary mash, but the lovely smokiness from the cele...

These lovelies are perfect with cocktails before dinner - smoking jacket optional.  You can make it veggie by leaving out the ham.  Basicall...

One of the joys of growing up in the 1960s and 70s was being given Ambrosia Rice Pudding for dessert - do they still make it?  I shall have ...

Pancakes are a great vehicle for using up leftovers, and tonight saw off the last of Sunday's chicken, mixed with mushrooms and parsley ...

OK, I know this is a while off - Lent begins on 9 March this year, but I came across this brilliant idea from Christian Aid and I am going t...

There is no way to make this dish look pretty - shredded white cabbage slowly cooked with onion and spices has a face only its Mum could lov...

I ate out with lovely friends at the Thai River restaurant in Windsor last week, and decided to try a Mussaman (or Massaman, depending on wh...

Hubby just described these as 'Sidecars with Calvados', and I guess that is pretty much what they are - equal measures each of good ...

I love home-made ice cream, but as I only have one of the machines that need to be pre-frozen, it is sometimes a bit of a palavar.  So, this...

I HATE the sweet and sour stuff you get at most Chinese restaurants - way too sweet AND sour, with a gloopy sauce.  Most recipes sound gross...

A most unprepossessing-sounding recipe, this, but extremely delicious.  It comes from the Riverford Cookbook.  For two, you need 3 medium un...

Looking at previous blog entries, I can't believe I haven't mentioned this one before - perhaps because it is such a timeless classi...

So, the weekend has been spent producing what ends up looking like a ridiculously small amount of baked goods for a charity cake sale at wor...

My husband can be witty - sometimes.  When I said we were having this, he asked if it had otter in it - Tarka the Otter?  On the contrary it...

My parents were great soup-makers.  Being Scottish, hearty broths were part of their DNA, and I make them myself as often as I can.  Their r...

I once sat next to Orlando Murrin, one-time editor of Good Housekeeping and the BBC Good Food Magazine, at a posh restaurant in Ludlow.  Who...

Some wonderful Swiss Chard turned up in the Riverford veg box today, so I chopped and blanched it, then laid it in a gratin dish with some s...