This Italian inspired bread is a winner with me and my lovely lunch guests. Not only does it look good when placed on the dining table, it really tastes amazing, and accompanies well with soup, a mezza of cured meats, cheese, dips and savoury treats. It is so easy to make, needs very little kitchen […]
This is a well-liked lunchtime soup, which always gets a good reaction for how surprisingly delicious it is. I think the secret is the addition of some chopped fresh mint added just before you serve which gives it that lovely background fragrance. If you are looking for a quick and easy soup, made from just […]
Its mid-September where there seems to be ripe apples everywhere. Not just on my little apple tree in the studio garden, but as I pootle along the lanes across Exmoor, people are generously leaving windfalls and surplus harvests in buckets and baskets at their front doors and drives, to help yourselves. For me I see […]
It is SUNNY! and WARM! today, hurrah! Is this the first promises of the summer to come? With a little time to myself this morning to gather my thoughts and ponder on the bench by the house, my mind has wandered onto garment making………. random I know, but that’s just how my meandering mind operates. […]
One of my students only mentioned the other day, “I’ve never seen your garden so empty”. It’s funny, I never really realised just how empty the Exmoor Inspired Studio Garden can look this time of year; such a stark contrast to the riot of plants that grow there from spring through to autumn. But this […]
I had such a great response on my Instagram Account this week, on the above photo of my “Arab Apple Cake”, and I must say it is an impressively delicious show stopper on the dining table. I don’t know where I found the recipe or how it came about? I think I was scrolling on […]
Apart from my art studio, my other sanctuary is the garden. This was once just a typical urban new build plot, which is now my little bit of Eden, an oasis, it’s my place where I go to lose myself in little jobs working alongside nature. I have always had, and enjoyed some kind of […]
I think one of the tastiest soups I make through the wintertime is my Red Lentil Soup. This filling soup is Greek in origin, and has a familiar authentic taste, which makes you think of the pending Summer to arrive, and holidays to have. It’s quite easy to make, and whenever anyone has eaten it […]
It’s going to be barbecued lamb chops for tea tonight, and there is nothing like freshly dug new potatoes cooked with fresh mint, smothered in butter on your dinner plate.