Her name was Edna but the children called her Nettles. Summer was her favourite season when she would serve a favoured guest tiny alpine strawberries on buttery shortbread, freshly made toast with tarty gooseberry jam and juicy raspberries with cream and homemade meringues on dainty plates with silver forks, and tea from a prettily decorated, [...]
Archive for December, 2009
Party time!
Posted in Food Columns on December 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
December equals party time and party time equals December. Only perhaps this year we might be a little more cautious when it comes to lavish entertaining… So what if we have a list of people to invite – either because we’ve enjoyed their hospitality once (or more often), or because we want various friends to [...]
What to do with leftover bread?
Posted in Food Columns on December 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
No-one likes to waste food, especially a ‘Prudent’ girl… So, if your leftover bread is no longer fresh enough for sandwiches, don’t throw it away – there are plenty of delicious ways with stale bread, both sweet and savoury. And nobody will ever know… TIPS FOR USING LEFTOVER BREAD To make croutons either tear the [...]
Bringing lunch to the office…
Posted in Food Columns on December 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ever reflected on how much you spend on lunch every day? Even the dullest sandwich, softdrink and takeaway cappuccino will set you back €10 a day – which works out at a massive €2350 per year! Taking a pre-packed lunch to work admittedly takes a little time and forward planning but can save a packet [...]
The Joy of Cooking
Posted in Africa on December 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My storm-tossed and weather-beaten 1974 edition of the JOY OF COOKING appears shabby and sad beside the new shiny 1999 volume. But tattered and stained as it is, sadness is definitely not a feeling that spring to mind. Instead it jolts me back to happy times and recalls a hundred ‘premier‘ food occasions: – my [...]
