A trip to the last rays of summer

  I just returned from a week in the South of France and Piedmont to see my family. It’s been a great occasion to catch up with loved ones and soak in the last heat of summer, and a fortunate choice for a Bank holiday which would have been quite wet if spent in London.      …

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Flavours of home in a vinegar marinade

These last few days I’ve been enjoying my home a lot. The rainy weather was in tune with my body, ready to say farewell to a long summer (I spent much of the spring in warmer coutries), while my foot is slowly recovering from its fracture allowing me to get back in the kitchen quite…

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Autumn calling: pick your elderberries

Elderberries are naturally rich in Vitamin C and their syrup works like magic against colds, coughs and flu.  After trying it with clove and ginger against a particularly persistent virus a few months ago, I was determined to prepare my own stash for the incoming autumn. I went out early this Saturday morning, and under an…

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Tangy orangey gluten free cake

Apparently this week is “Afternoon Tea Week” and before this became my knowledge at the weekend I did something very rare: I baked a cake. Restricting my sugar intake for health reasons has never been a problem for me since I definitely not possess a sweet tooth. But for some mysterious reason on Saturday I…

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