Monthly Archives: May 2016

I fancied a little stir-fry on Saturday evening and so I flicked through my Big Book of Wok and Stir-Fry cookbook until I found this tasty little recipe. I had altered it a little by sticking in some mange tout … Continue reading →

I had the lovely Phil over for dinner and Doctor Who last night (Sylvester McCoy Sword and Sorcery Epic Battlefield, for those who are interested!) and so I cobbled together this little recipe. I was experimenting and the end result … Continue reading →

These were rather tasty and very easy to do. Alberto pronounced them ‘amazing’ and they were certainly popular. The recipe is also from the book Cicchetti and the author goes to some lengths to explain what lardo is, and how … Continue reading →

I made these tasty little patties for our Eurovision party The recipe is from a new cookbook that Alberto bought me for my birthday, called Cicchetti, by Lindy Wildsmith and Valentina Harris, which is, essentially, ‘Venetian Tapas’. The recipes look … Continue reading →

Saturday evening was the musical extravaganza that is The Eurovision Song Contest and Alberto and I had our annual party. As was always the way we spent the day in the kicthen massively over-catering for the event. There was loads … Continue reading →

Yesterday evening, as Fig was busy at work and thus unavailable for Whoery, I had the lovely Douglas and the equally lovely Phil over instead. After some debate we opted for The Curse of Peladon for its topical EU/Brexit/Bremain connotations, … Continue reading →

I made this for myself on Friday evening. I was pondering, in the afternoon, what too cook, and, as I had lots of bits of veg that needed using, some new potatoes, some squash, kale and asparagus, I was looking … Continue reading →

I had the lovely Fig over for dinner and Doctor Who on Tuesday (it was supposed to be dinner and zombies, but he forgot to bring them, so we watched The Mutants instead!) and Alberto was working late so I … Continue reading →