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Mid week perfect
Rushing home at eight? Want dinner in half an hour? This is the first post in new category I hope to continue, mid week perfect. Helpful hints and recipes for mid week culinary happiness - well away...
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A tale of two Easters - part 1
Our Easter table One of the best things about bringing two cultures together in a marriage is that sometimes, you get to share special days and events in different ways with a beautiful melding of...
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A tale of two Easters - Part 2
Easter Monday (Deutera tou Pascha) is a national holiday in Greece, but here in Australia it was business as usual and back to work, albeit with a lunch box of delicious leftovers. After a wonderful...
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Mid week perfect: Spanakorizo and memories of the Mani
Okay. So the period of Great Lent has ended and here I am offering you a traditional Lenten meal! Wandering past our local grocer this morning I was lured in by the big healthy green bunches of spinach...
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Quinces, broken hearts and the city of love
The Paris skyline as seen from the roof of PrintempsOne of the blogs I find most inspiring, is the very fantastic Not Quite Nigella. On her blog today, Lorraine had announced a competition to win one...
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Guest post by Mum: classic family recipe with a 70s twist
Another blog which I find very inspiring is the wonderful Bizzy Lizzy's Good Things. Recently Lizzy featured a great guest post by Carmen Brown, a local beekeeper who shared her excellent time honoured...
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Memories, my grandmother, pikelets and jam
Nana's kitchen consisted of one simple room, which overlooked the garden. The spectacular colours of the birds of paradise that grew up from the garden and framed the kitchen windows matched the 1960s...
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Country classic: red pepper and chilli jam
A view on the drive to my Aunt's home in the New England and a pot of red pepper and chilli jam For as long as I can remember, my country Aunty who hails from New Zealand, has been making an amazing...
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Mrs Mulberry's Roman Holiday
Put your phrase book down. E ' squisito ( ay - squee - ZEE - toe) meaning, "this is delicious" is the only phrase you are going to need while in Rome. Pretty much straight after stepping off a long...
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Vacanze Romane
It had been over six years since I was last in Rome. I left on a warm autumn night, throwing my coins in the Trevi vowing to come back and spend more days and nights in this vibrant, heart pumping...
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Romancing the Roman artichoke in a bohemian heatwave
An abundant display of public affection can be found on every street corner, grassy garden or fountain edge in Rome. The narrow medieval lanes have a mysterious quality and often a romantic hand in...
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The Testaccio Market and recipes from Roma
Italians, it would seem, are such a warm and welcoming people that they simply want to share what they know and what they have. After joining in the Eating Italy Food Tour of the Testaccio Market,...
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In My Kitchen
You know that feeling when you pick up a really, really good book to read - and you just can't put it down? Whenever I log onto the fantastic and inspirational blog, Fig Jam and Lime Cordial I have a...
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A house in Tuscany
Edith Wharton once said of Tuscany, "Fields, hedges and cypresses embellished by a corona of light, reminding one of the golden waves running over the grass in the foreground of Botticelli's 'Birth of...
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Vines, Wines and Snails in Beautiful Bourgogne
Julia Child said in her book, My Life in France, "...Our first lunch together in France had been absolute perfection. It was the most exciting meal of my life..." Julia is able to sum up in just a few...
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Guest Post by Mrs K: Taramosalata
Today Mrs K and I had a first solo cooking lesson, sans Mr K and my father in law. I was so excited about today, I actually woke up at about 6am - which is an extraordinarily unusual thing for me to do...
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Artichokes with oil and lemon sauce (Anginares Kai latholemono)
Greek food plays such a big roll in my kitchen. Some meals are from recipes which have been shared, some I have been taught from friends and family and some are from my travels throughout Greece. This...
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In My Kitchen...September
In my kitchen......are some brand spanking, bright and shinny Nigella Lawson measuring spoons. Rather fitting, as Mr K has recently started to call me his, "blonde Nigella". I am not normally...
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Venice, blood oranges and lemon syrup
Last week, inspired by the beautiful citrus that is in season - and the wonderfully evocative recipe on The Littlest Anchovy, I decided to make a batch of Anna's blood orange cordial.The recipe was...
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Paris and the tomate cerise
Paris is overflowing with the tomate cerise, or cherry tomato. From a flourish on a restaurant plate to apero time with friends in a chic apartment. While the rest of France still embraces the hearty,...
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