It’s 1993, folks…I am in Poland for the first time, and there’s lots to get used to, including snow on the ground for the first 6 weeks of our time there…and this strange green stuff they put on the potatoes. What’s that? Ah. Dill. Dill began for me in Poland. I’d never come across it …
Category archives: Food
Cinnamon
If cloves are mysterious, then cinnamon is musk. Sometimes it’s alluring, sometimes it’s a bit much. It’s immediately recognisable. I do rather like some musk in a perfume – and cinnamon has to be part of my ode to food. Or, if you have a cold, cinnabod. This has been known to bring the youngest …
Risotto!
Imagine the scene. It’s cold – very cold. You’re tired. You’re under the weather with a heavy cold, and you are wandering around a large city. But quite frankly, you just want something to make you feel warm, and well. Enter the hero: risotto. That was pretty much my introduction to risotto rice, back in …
Rhubarb
See, I waited almost an hour and a half before writing again. But then, I’m on catch up – that’s what a night away does to the blogging schedule. But now I have had today’s late snack, I am entitled to write again: because of the ecstasy that is rhubarb. Today’s rhubarb (no, I don’t …
Cloves
I blame making pomanders, really. And mulled wine. And lebkuchen. But there’s a certain something about cloves. Whether whole or powdered, for eating, for drinking, they shout ‘Christmas!’ as loudly as any festive food. Back to the pomanders. 1970s, 1980s, home made presents. Where would auntie or granny be without an orange, a loop of …