Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
I have decided to make the ‘best of the web’ link collections a weekly event, alternating each week between the Gooseberry Fool (foodie links) and Roaming Tales (travel). I hope you enjoy it! Recipes An intriguing idea for salsa – a blueberry salsa! The recipe, tested by Alanna from Kitchen Parade, also includes serrano chilli [...]
After months of dealing with immigration paperwork and organising packing and shipping, I have finally made it to California. I’ve been living in San Francisco for a week and I’m loving it so far. We have a great green grocer right around the corner from our house and I’ve also been to the farmers’ market [...]
I’ve just finished a special meal for one. I went to Borough Market today and stocked up on goodies to help keep myself cheerful during the separation. My husband is vegetarian, so it’s also a chance to indulge my inner omnivore (though admittedly I do eat meat and fish when he’s here as well). I [...]
We have returned to London in the glorious throes of spring, with blue skies and brilliant sunshine and the signs of new life throbbing all around us. As we walk through the parks, the lawns and canopy of new leaves in the tree tops seem unnaturally green in their jewel-like hues. The meadows are alive [...]
Hearty vegetarian dish adapted from a Nigella Lawson recipe. The problem with food blogging is that a lot of the most delicious food is not particularly photogenic. If I were a truly dedicated food blogger, I would cook up beautiful cakes just for the joy of photographing them, and I would do most of my [...]
Pumpkins are one of my favourite foods but they’re not just for eating! It’s autumn in the northern hemisphere and the abundance of pumpkins and squashes in the shops and markets is lending the season an old-time harvest feel. Decorative gourds can help recreate that feeling of warmth and plenty at home. I fell in [...]
A fantastic rustic lamb dish, from Jamie Oliver’s classic cookbook The Return of the Naked Chef. Now that the cold weather has arrived and the days are drawing in, I find myself craving hearty comfort food. With friends coming over for Sunday lunch last weekend, lamb seemed like just the ticket and I liked the [...]
The foodie web is buzzing this week, from a tribute to Lizano sauce to a review of breakfast at Cafe Paradiso in Ireland. * Meg Weaver from Intelligent Travel on Lizano sauce, the Tico condiment of choice. What ketchup is to Americans and HP sauce to Brits, Lizano sauce is to Costa Ricans. * Jessica [...]
Vegetarian soup from Chinese Food Made Easy by BBC TV chef Ching-He Huang. Some dear friends of mine recently gave me a copy of Chinese Food Made Easy, which ties in with the BBC show presented by Ching-He Huang. It’s full of beautiful pictures and recipes that sound delicious – from mussels in black bean [...]
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