I have an increasing number of pumpkins in my garden - more than I or my guests shall be able to eat. So this evening...
- Cut the pumpkin into crescents - two per person, or three if narrow
- In a mixing bowl put olive oil, a raw egg, a generous amou
Les déserts végétaliennes faites à main par Daniël à l'occasion de nouvel an pour ses enfants et petit-enfants. Mangé dans une ambiance de Jizo-Bodhisatva's grâce au beau travail de Maria et "Dana Present". A la Colline éclairée, entourné par la natu
My cooking is largely a matter of seeing what I have left in the fridge, safe and garden and putting it together one way of another. Here’s what I cooked this evening.
Ingredients
I aubergine, sliced
1 egg
2 or 3 cups of pasta - I’d got farfalle
3 t
Ingredients
4 baby parsnips - wash, peel, cut into small pieces
1 large onion - peel, dice
4 large best quality French field mushrooms - peel, break into large chunks
3 dried figs - cut into very small morsels
A small handful of dried fruit and nut
R
A Walk at Night
I finished my evening meal at about seven o’clock. At this time of year that is well past sunset. Tara the cat was out. I decided to go for a walk. I went out round the north end of the house, where there is a low wall. Although the sk
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