Cook: To Fry Sprats. Omega 3 breakfast richness.
These omega 3 rich, fatty fish are, according to a dear Mrs. Loftus from Southwold, a delicious and naturally nutritious breakfast. Start your day with a boost for your brain, with oils from real, sustainably caught fish, rather than a…
Cook: Tropical Pudding for Christmas
Lord Barrington’s Plum Pudding. Gluten Free. Dairy-Free. No added Animal Fat. I’ve swapped the Suet for sweetly nourishing Coconut Oil, whose benefits include “antimicrobial properties; absorption directly for quick energy; and contribution to the health of the immune system.” according to my…
Cook: To Roast Goose in the English Fashion
The Roast Meat of Old England I was tempted to cook Moor Fowl, Jugged Pigeon, Ortolan or Roast Cygnet with you. But of course, and probably for the best, I’m not able to source any of these birds. The Cygnet…
Cook: Roast Duck with Gluten-Free Stuffing for a smaller Christmas setting
A duck serves fewer people than a chicken and certainly less than a turkey! Unlike a chook, it has the novelty value that a turkey does – making it a perfect festive option for a small family, a Christmas ‘en…
Cook: Pudding in a Hurry? Sir Charles Rowley’s 1857 Plum Pudding gets the Gluten Free treatment
My grandma’s Plum Pudding was always the highlight of our Christmas. When I was just a girl who didn’t even like Christmas Pudding, seeing the Christmas pudding bowl come out, accompanied by its Brandy Butter, epitomised the yuletide spirit and…
Cook and Travel: Sea Vegetables & Welsh Laverbread
It may seem odd to the British Readers, that I first heard about Laverbread only in February this year. We had travelled to this charming, unpretentious gastropub near Abergavenny for a weekend in Wales – it’s where my son wanted…
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…
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……
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…
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