Cook Book Challenge

One of my new year’s resolutions was to cook more from the many wonderful books I own. Sam is doing … More

Braised Chicken and Artichokes

picture: http://blog.boroughmarket.org.uk/ The shop near my new flat in Peckham had some violet tinged artichokes for sale at 99p each … More

A young artichoke that I planted in my parents’ vegetable patch in Suffolk. I wrote this rather heated poem about … More