So, I still have a pretty long list of things I want to do, now we’re living back in the country. Go mackerel fishing, learn to windsurf, get a dog…. and make elderflower cordial! I have been whipping down the country lanes of late, keeping my eyes peeled for the…
CF Eats
Married to a greedy Italian with two ravenous boys. Good, healthy home-cooked food is our love language.
Things that other people do: making marmalade
So, I popped my preserves cherry today. Seville Orange Marmalade, no less. Look away now if you are a by-the-book jam maker as this will probably make you scoff: I used oranges from a tin. If this makes you clutch your WI recipe and break into a cold sweat, I…
A Sunday Jaunt to Darts Farm, Topsham
After a week that can only be described as THE PITS (teething baby, plumbers from hell, serious family illness… you get the drift), come Sunday we decided to get in the car and DRIVE. Finally, fortune was on our side and the sun shone as we ditched the car and…
Things other people do: Making yoghurt
Ok, so I may be one step away from a hair shirt but I decided this morning to make my own yoghurt. My stomach is beginning to seriously miss starting the working week breakfasting across town from The Botanist (blueberry pancakes to die for) and Automat (officially the best eggs…