Warm Green Beans, Tomatoes, Basil and Garlic

This dish was the other half to the courgette dish described below and was a good companion. If one were … More

Seared Courgettes with Crispy Sage, Pine Nuts and Parmesan

After my lunchtime visit to a well-known fast food chain, I felt that the evening’s repast should consist of vegetables … More

Mum harvested a courgette that had grown into a large marrow in Suffolk when I was there to sail a … More

Yesterday morning’s breakfast, photographed by Dad before a day’s sailing on the River Orwell. Grilled home grown tomatoes, dry cure … More

A supper cooked at Loch Long week, 20th July 2013. Spiced Slow-cooked Lamb Shoulder from Helensburgh (Scotland), Persian Rice, Charred … More

I am in love with this watercolour ‘The Greenhouse: Cyclamen and Tomatoes’ (1935) by English painter Eric Ravilious. You can just … More

My friend Ayca sent me this poem by the Chilean Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda (1904-1973), translated into English by Margaret Sayers … More

I am in love with this watercolour ‘The Greenhouse: Cyclamen and Tomatoes’ (1935) by Eric Ravilious. You can just smell … More

Last week we had a last supper for our friend Dani, who was about to move back to America. Our … More

A few months ago, after a morning traipsing to a postal delivery office that was further away that it should … More