Food for Thought

Personal thoughts and observations on the importance of food in our lives as well as favourite recipes, some old, some new …

Double Cheese Muffins

If you think you’re over muffins I suggest you try these savoury gems … they are really good!

Fresh Vegetables From Luigi’s Garden

What a wonderful way to start the day! Our good friend drops by with fresh vegetables that have been cut from his vegetable garden only 45 minutes before delivery …

Take a Look: Gwyneth Paltrow Making Ricotta Cheese

I had not imagined Gwyneth Paltrow making ricotta cheese but in her delightful blog Goop – featured in Links I Love – she shows us how to make herbed ricotta to spread on bruschetta for a wonderful breakfast/brunch idea …

Belinda Jeffery’s Recipe for Sweet and Salty Toffeed Macadamias

As promised, here’s a recipe from Belinda Jeffery’s new cookbook.

The 10 Best Cookbooks Of All Time?

Do you have your list of best 10 cookbooks? Do they have dog-eared corners, stains across the pages, scribbled notes in the margins? Is this the test of a good cookbook? Read the Observer Food Monthly’s list recently published in Britain. What do you think?

Digging Your Own (Little) Vegetable Patch

Are you trying to grow your kitchen garden? Are you daunted by the many factors you must take into consideration? Well, not only should you read Lolo Houbein’s book One Magic Square, you should also follow the link to this great website …

Baked Beans My Way

Baked Beans out of a can? Of course. One of the best standby meals around. But there is another way to enjoy really really good baked beans and that is to make your own. Rewarding to cook and eat, with lots of thick buttered toast of course …