It’s minus 4.3 degrees C and falling fast out there, so time for something warming. And what better than pumpkin soup! Regular readers will know of my love/hate relationship with pumpkins. Only veggies beginning with p seem to grow well at Les Fragnes so we end up with pommes de terre (potatoes), poireaux (leeks) and [...]
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At last the unsold Galettes des Rois that filled the shops at the beginning of January for Twelfth Night celebrations have reached their sell-by dates and are being flogged off cheap. Time for the Dagg family to swoop! We love these frangipane pies, and I always do a homemade one for the day itself. The [...] Ruadhri is throwing himself energetically into Christmas preparations. I had just started making pastry mince pies this morning when he charged into the kitchen and announced he’d carry on for me. Never one to decline an offer of help, however unexpected and alarming, I handed over the bowl to him. OK, there would probably be [...] Yesterday was the second part of my food hygiene course. Mercifully it was only a half day this time. A full day of French is rather heavy going. |
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