Damson and Port Jam

by sophie on September 4, 2011 · 20 comments

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Our damson tree has never been so laden with powdery blue fruits and this year they’ve clumped together like bunches of giant, velvety grapes. Clusters and clusters of them all over the tree. I’m planning to make spiced damson chutney and damson gin but these are barely enough to make dent and so this year there has been jam too … Read the full post

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Summer fruit salad, as you like it

by sophie on August 15, 2011 · 10 comments

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I hated fruit salad when I was a kid. Hated it. And then I grew up and started to enjoy eating fruit, but strangely the dislike of fruit salad persisted. It’s only in the last few years that I’ve realised the the secret to making fruit salad enjoyable. Only use fruit that you enjoy!  D’uh. I know this sounds obvious … Read the full post

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Zucchini flecked scrambled eggs

Scrambled eggs are home-cooking at its most glorious. Quick, delicious, comforting, frugal, familiar.  And almost never nice when eaten out, with catering establishment incarnations ranging from watery through to bouncy. And then there are those diet police versions, throwing away yolks and with them a whole load of flavour, protein, Vitamin D, iron and beta carotene.

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New paths

by sophie on July 14, 2011 · 12 comments

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I hate those “I’m sorry I haven’t posted on my blog for months and months but I’ve been really busy” posts.  Blogging should be a pleasure, not a chore that you must squeeze in. Plus sometimes it needs to be gently reminded of its place around activities that get you out spending time with the folk you love, or that … Read the full post

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