Wednesday, November 18th 2020 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 87 – 89) Monday was all about the “chimney breast” and its construction. Dave turned up single-handed, and we spent a good hour discussing what we wanted, pondering the size of the electric fire we have bought, and trying to work out how to…
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Food 2020 – Sauce Supper Club Dine at Home, Tom Shepherd
Tuesday 13th October, 2020 – Sauce Supper Club Dine at Home, Tom Shepherd In pursuit of interesting food, and always open to a chance to experience some different restaurants even if we can’t go out, I ordered a box from the Sauce Supper Club with whom we’ve had dealings now and then in the past….
Home 2020 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 77 – 86)
Friday, November 13th 2020 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 77 – 86) It’s been one hell of a two weeks. It started on 2nd November when the plasterer was due to start. Except that the plasterer couldn’t come because he was busy getting a Covid-19 test, which would take at least two days…
Food 2020 – Banquist #010, Gareth Ward
Saturday, 7th November 2020 – Banquist #010, Gareth Ward This was one I’d been looking forward to, what with the chef in question having quite the reputation, as well as a Michelin star or two. We are speaking of Gareth Ward, the man at the pass at Ynishir.Grace Dent had reviewed it recently, and it…
Food 2020 – Recipes (Stuffed Mushrooms; Salt-Baked Beetroot with Whipped Ricotta, Apple and Hazelnut; Roast Squash and Plums in Garlic, Ginger and Chilli)
October 2020 – Recipes (Stuffed Mushrooms; Salt-Baked Beetroot with Whipped Ricotta, Apple and Hazelnut; Roast Squash and Plums in Garlic, Ginger and Chilli) The thing about the new normal is that I end up with all sorts of unexpected vegetables in the weekly fruit and vegetable box I get to save me having to trek…
Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (Masala by Mallika Basu – Part 1)
Saturday 31st October, 2020 – Recipes (Sikandari Raan, Naan, Baingan Aloo, Zafrani Aloo) October was incredibly difficult (what with the major building work and the house being in total turmoil), so after the first shot at cooking from October’s book from the Great British Chefs Cookbook Club, I lost interest in trying anything complicated as…
Home 2020 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 45 – 76)
Friday, October 30th 2020 – The Great House Extension Project (Days 45 – 76) And lo, we have a roof! And one or two new walls. And a floor. The start of October saw the removal men appear and empty out the lounge and dining room, the bigger of the spare bedrooms, and our bedroom,…
Food 2020 – Recipes (Pappardelle with Hare, Red Wine and Cacao Ragù)
Sunday 11th October, 2020 – Recipes (Pappardelle with Hare, Red Wine and Cacao Ragù) I will always buy hare when I can lay hands on it, and in addition to making a splendid jugged hare recipe, I’m keen to do other thing with what can be a somewhat overpowering meat if you don’t treat it…
Food 2020 – The Great British Chefs Cookbook Club (Under the Olive Tree by Irini Tzortzoglou)
Saturday 3rd/Sunday 4th October, 2020 – Recipes (Moussaka, Griddled Courgette Ribbons with Crumbled Feta and a Mint Lemon Dressing, Brother Yiorgos’s Field Mushrooms with Smoked Vinegar Pork Sausage) After a couple of months missing in action (I really didn’t fancy the August book – Cook for Charity – though I bought it to make a…
Food 2020 – Banquist #008, Thomas Frake
Saturday 26th September, 2020 – Banquist #008, Thomas Frake So after a series of “just lob it in the oven at 180°C” meals, I decided it was time to try out the September offering from Banquist. You may note, if you click on the link to their website, that they do say they “teach you…
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