TV cookery is having a moment; a quick glance at the TV schedules reveals a myriad of viewing options from Come Dine With Me, to The Hairy Bikers, Great British Bake off to Saturday Kitchen, The Daily Mail calculated that in one week alone last year there were 434...
Those of you who read last week’s piece on seasonal desserts will know I am rather partial to a parfait. A parfait is a frozen, mousse like dessert, made with eggs, cream and any number of different flavourings. Having waxed lyrical about their delights, I thought it only right to...
I love desserts. Whilst I thrive on the buzz of a busy service at the stoves, give me a couple of hours and a prep list of pastry, ice cream and chocolate and I am transported into a Willy Wonka world of sweet bliss. There is something very sensual...
I’m a strange soul I confess and can often be found wandering the food fairs of Dorset alone but for the baby strapped to my chest, my husband stranded at home with a list of chores to complete; whilst I deplete the family coffers to feed my need for...
On a family break to mid wales this week, we selected a traditional Inn, reputedly the best food pub in town, for a leisurely lunch. Sitting in the attractive oak-beamed dining room, perusing a grubby red-jacketed menu, which listed such delights as gammon steak, pineapple ring and chips and...
The inaugural Harbour Bites Festival, in aid of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, was, from a punters perspective, an undoubted success. Despite having visited numerous food festivals this summer, it struck me as fresh and different and one of the most pleasurable to experience. Spread across a series of...
Last week I featured a recipe for elderflower cordial in this column. The cordial makes a great cooking ingredient, allowing you to infuse a variety of dishes with the floral qualities of elderflower. A splash can transform a simple fruit compote or add to the fruit in a classic...
Elderflower, one of our most recognisable and abundant wild foods and a flavour which has made the transition from the foraged niche into the mainstream. It may not however, to the novice, be immediately apparent how to harness the flavour of this most fragrant of hedgerow blossoms. After all, unlike...
Being on maternity leave, for the first time I have been able to fully immerse myself in the Bridport Food Festival experience. The calendar boasts an impressive array of events throughout the week to tantalise the taste buds, enhance cookery skills and promote local food businesses. This year there were...
Bridport’s week long celebration of food kicked off on Sunday with a celebration of seafood at the Riverside Restaurant, West Bay, Open Farm Sunday at Washingpool Farm and “Words on a Plate” a food and writing workshop. For me though, a tutored honey and cider tasting at Twinways Orchard, Melplash,...
