the continuing conversation between art and life
Today, I was absolutely stunned by a blog post on "Kitchen Vignettes" which combined memories of a much-missed mother with her signature summer recipe, together with a video of the daughter picking the fruit and making the dessert. There is a beautiful response on the blog post which says: "The video stunning (because you weave …
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Well written guest blog post by Liz LeFroy - on finding a new favourite jam flavour.
I'm beginning to think that the overcrowded market of cookery books lacks one thing - a really funny cookery book. Here is one of the Master Chefs of the craft: Letitia Cropley, a neighbour of the Vicar of Dibley. Who always managed to add that little "Je ne sais quoi" ingredient to traditional recipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NM4n9H3Vto …
Discovered: a website which lets you type in an ingredient you have too much of - and gives recipes
Review of exceptionally well written book review in New Yorker, of photos of Julia Child
Over our evening meal at home tonight, I laughed as I remembered a joke told - I think - by Woody Allen, many years ago: There were two women at a holiday resort and one said "Ah - this food is terrible!" And the other said: "Yes! And the portions are so small!" (In case …
Have you ever cooked something rather wonderful - want to share the recipe with others - but found that when you took a photo, your glorious dish looked, well, underwhelming? Professional photographer and food blogger "Cooking without Limits" has got it sorted out - I picked up some excellent tips from her blog - and …
The artist Georgia O'Keeffe took a keen interest in health foods - believing that what you ate was important to creativity. Delightfully, she lived to be 99, producing brilliant paintings to the end, her mind sharp as a tack. So here are recipes for her wholemeal bread, a health shake, and Green Chillies with garlic, …
As you know, this blog likes to mix its ingredients of art and life, so putting together poetry, noodles and animation this morning was the work of a moment. Exhibit A - the poem is "Making Mines Frires" by Dominique Ahkong and if you pop over to http://bit.ly/2vm5ZEk you can read the poetic description of the …
