
Travel: A Ripon Ghost Yarn – in search of lost souls
Here fond climates and sweet singers – but traditional delights? Crimson leaves blowing across cobbled lanes led us north to Yorkshire for October – the only time to find Parkins. After an evening’s…

Travel: London haunts of old and new.
I dream of St John’s Eccles Cakes in Spitalfields and Lily Vanilli’s Sunday treats in a tiny olde courtyard off Columbia Road Flower Market. The florets of housemade salumi from the Bull and Last on Highgate Rd make my daughter…

Cook: Tis the season…for Pumpkin Pie. Gluten and Dairy Free of course
This delicious Pumpkin Pie is my own twist on classic American Halloween / Harvest fare. Why start with a dish so entirely comprised of a flavoursome, sweet, nutty, nutrition packed vegetable – and turn it unhealthy?? Only in America……

Travel: Food Alchemy? Inviting you and Florence White to the 21st Century…
Discover food sensations from Ms Florence White’s thus far indomitable collection of GOOD THINGS IN ENGLAND, as I create new, allergy-friendly, preservative-free, 21st Century, positively dishy takes on her fascinating receipts. You’ll have the original recipe including traditional ingredients like…

Cook: Dishy Parkins for November the Fifth
Making an allergy-free version of these delicious Ripon Parkins was a treat in itself.When I was a child in Australia in the 1970s, we would go to the park behind my grandma and grandpa’s house for Bonfire Night. I…

Cook: “Ripon Parkins for November the Fifth” The Original
Mr Herbert M. Bower’s recipe Preparation Time 20 mins To Bake in Slow Oven 1 and a half hours Ingredients Medium oatmeal 3/4 lb Flour ¾ lb (I used organic rye stoneground flour) Butter 2…
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