Pies and Fries

Of the (literally) thousands of things I have cooked for the Ewing, there is only one she hasn't eaten; my beef rendang. Describing it a...

A neighbour of my Mum's gives her a brace of pheasants every Christmas. The first time she drove by and offered her some, my Mum enthusi...

I remember borrowing a copy of River Cottage Everyday from the library over a decade ago, when when it first came out, and excitedly poring ...

In lockdown part one, back when we couldn't leave the house without 'a reasonable excuse', our Saturday routine mainly consisted...

The last part of the Cumbrian Trilogy was, unlike many final instalments, a stone cold classic; the cheese scone. It's not a spoiler to ...

  After roast lamb shoulder with onion sauce the previous Sunday, this week it was roast pork. And, again keeping with the theme of local in...

You think you go on holiday to get away from routine, but somehow - after fortuitously managed to escape to Cumbria for a fortnight between ...