Salmon, leek and brie quiche with a spelt crust I didn’t expect much from a rushed lunch at a Parisian cafe near the Eiffel Tower. I certainly didn’t expect the best quiche I've ever had. After walking down the Champs Ellises from the Arc de Triompfe,...
Radiccios past I discovered radicchio at a little market in Treviso sometime in the early 2000s. A close friend of mine lived there with her Italian boyfriend for a few years and I would visit her at least once a year. At the market, the boyfriend...
Polski sklep in the UK The Polish shop has piqued some interest of late here in the UK. Polish shops have been around since after the Second World War. When I arrived in Leicester in 1987 there was just one Polish shop, close to the Polish...
A recipe from a pierogi workshop...
Not really a recipe but definitely a good idea When I started blogging again, I was worried that I couldn’t commit to a recipe a week, because so much of what I eat is like this. A tomato salad here; some beans and rice there; a...
A message Dalia from Gaza finally got back in touch with me after a long absence - her phone battery exploded during the evacuation. While I am in my lovely home cooking organic food, making "placki" to use up all the excess mushrooms in my fridge;...
"Alberty" cookies from Kuchnia Polska I must admit I'd never heard of "Alberty" cookies prior to finding them in a 60s version of Kuchnia Polska this summer. However, I know that they have been around for a long time. A Polish recipe I saw online had...
A September salad A salad for lunch, for me at least, is the symbol of an adult day. Today, I am working on my own projects in an atmosphere of relative tranquility. I am having uninterrupted, adult conversations. I'm enjoying a salad with pungent, peppery ingredients...
A return to chaos On returning to my vegetable patch after a three week absence, I was both shocked and in awe of how wild it had become. Untied black tomatoes had started using the red currant bush as support, other tomatoes using them in turn....
Buttery apricot cookies with hardly any butter in them Probably the most satisfying part of my job is bringing old recipes back to life. These buttery cookies may not look like anything special, but for me this is a recipe worth reviving for a couple of...