Do you remember where you were the first time you ate a particular thing? Obviously not everything, but things that were exciting, surprising, or just amazingly delicious? I certainly remember the first time I ate fish with sauce vierge. It was about 15 years ago, and it’s still one of my…
Between school and university, I spent the year in Israel with a group of like-minded people from Habonim-Dror. We were based on a kibbutz, and each of us was ‘adopted’ by a kibbutz family for the duration of our stay. It was a great way to feel welcomed and part…
This is the sort of vegetarian meal that many meat-eaters – my own dearest DH included – often complain about, as it consists basically of side dishes, with no identifiable lump of protein to be seen. However, to such people I say, get a grip – it’s delicious! You may…
Another Israeli favourite here – Moroccan carrot salad. I’ve no idea how ‘Moroccan’ this is, but it is certainly enjoyed widely in Israel. You can even buy little tubs of it alongside the humous in supermarkets and corner shops. Not that they’re as good as the real thing, lovingly homemade…
Barbecue time again chez nous. Hurrah! And once again I’m in search of a carbohydrate-based side dish that isn’t a roll or a baked potato. I considered doing potatoes in foil on the barbecue again, but we didn’t have much charcoal (!) so it seemed prudent to opt for a…
Ah, risotto. All that creamy rice and meltingly soft veggies and mmm mmm mmm. AND it’s easy to make. Hurrah! We really like risotto in this house. I probably make it at least once a month. So, this fennel risotto is, quite literally, the flavour of the month. Annoyingly, the photos…
A gooey, creamy, cod and sweetcorn filling nestles beneath a flaky puff pastry lid. Year-round comfort food the whole family will enjoy. Not every idea is a good idea Sometimes I have too many ideas at once, and what happens is a hotchpotch patchwork jumble of a recipe that is…
I’m not sure exactly what I was thinking when I came up with this recipe for courgette and carrot pasta, but despite all the misgivings I had while making it, it turned out rather well, if I do say so myself! Well, I thought so at any rate. DH thought…
On the first night of Passover (Pesach) there is a ceremonial meal called the Seder, at which we recount and commemorate the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. There is, inevitably, a selection of symbolic foods, some of which are eaten, and some of which are not. In…
When I first moved to Cambridge I got a temporary job in the University’s faculty of education. It was a pretty nice place to work – a spanking new building with a great on-site cafe! And my colleagues were a decent bunch too. There was another woman temping there at…
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