by Brian | Apr 8, 2018 | Recipes
Suzi and I love tarts. As side dishes and as mains. This very hearty tart, from Darina Allen’s Grown Cook Nourish, was our side for our Easter Rack of Lamb. We had thin, thin slices but still could sample the substance of this very thick tart. The filling is a maze of...
by Brian | Apr 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
This is post 3001 here at Suzi’s blog. That’s a big number and Suzi and I are delighted to have written so much for so long. Food blogs are intense work and crafting several hundred words a day, every day, can be a bit of a mountain. We are lucky to have...
by Brian | Apr 7, 2018 | Recipes
I have no idea where the name comes from. Suzi and I saw this Cucumber Neapolitana sided with the Rack of Lamb we wanted for Easter in Darina Allen’s new Grow, Cook, Nourish. Now, Darina lives in Ireland and “Neapolitana” is not exactly a Celtic phrase. I’ve googled,...
by Brian | Apr 6, 2018 | Recipes
Our Easter meal was heavily out of Darina Allen’s wonderful Grow Cook Nourish. I have to admit, I’d never had a mint chutney with apple, but this was really, really a delight — just a lovely mate to the rack of lamb we were serving. Lamb must, of course, be...
by Brian | Apr 6, 2018 | Cookbook Review, Cookbook Reviews
Stephen Beaumont has two loves: beer and writing about it. [I am ignoring his family life here, I realize.] His beer tomes include: Best Beers: The Indispensable Guide to the World’s Best Beers The World Atlas of Beer Stephen Beaumont’s Brewpub Cookbook The Beer and...
