A SLICE OF CAKE

  Having got my copy of "Masterchef Kitchen Bible" off the shelf to look for the tiramisu recipe, I flipped through the pages and ...

Some years ago I posted about a Rachel Allen recipe for a strawberry tiramisu (see here) and some time after that a reader left a scathing ...

With guests arriving for dinner I was flummoxed when, on removing my blind baked quiche pastry from the oven there was a large crack in it a...

In return for some courgettes and tomatoes, my friend Sally gave me a huge bag of plums the other day.  Our own plum trees have had hardly a...

We are up to our necks in produce at the moment and finding ways to keep up with supplies is becoming a challenge.   As fast as we pick them...

   The weather here in the middle of France has been rather English this summer.  However, it's still been warm enough for us to get a b...

  We joined a walking group when we first came to France this year, back in March.  After each walk (called a randonée) most people retire t...