By Alice | Published:
September 29, 2009
On impulse I stopped at Magdalen College on my way home. The sun was hot but the shadows stretched out to capacity. Conkers thudded to the ground and were pounced upon by happy squirrels. A pheasant and I crossed paths, I don’t know which of us was more startled. Pipe organ music echoed quietly along [...]
By Alice | Published:
September 28, 2009
It had been on my autumn to-do list to make a vegetable pie. I never make pie normally so I had forgotten how long it takes to get to the end result of an actual pie! You make the shortcrust pastry, let it rest, peel all the veg, dice the veg, par-boil the veg, make [...]
By Alice | Published:
September 27, 2009
I’ve cut out these fish and backed them with blue paper and now I can’t decide what to do with them :) There are almost too many possibilities. I thought I had some very thin magnetic tape to make them into fridge magnets but I can’t find it. Perhaps I could add threads and make [...]
By Alice | Published:
September 27, 2009
It is such lovely weather at the moment, crisp and cold but very sunny. Yesterday we went for a drive around in the Cotswolds for a little adventure. We stopped by the Daylesford Organic Farmshop who were having their harvest festival, I am familiar with their goods from the London shops so I was curious [...]
By Alice | Published:
September 24, 2009
This weighty book arrived today, I can’t wait to read it! It is the brand new cookery book Tender Volume 1 by Nigel Slater. I love his writing, many people love his Kitchen Diaries but for me it was his book Appetite that I have fondest memories of reading, like Sally Schneider he encourages you [...]
