Recipes and seasonal foods

Summertime in a jar

On our kitchen windowsill - tarragon macerating in white wine vinegar, some rather optimistically taken soft wood cuttings and ripening...

A favourite recipe for a sunny autumn day

Using up some of the last of the autumn produce for lunch today - we are having melanzane parmigiana with some of the last of our haricot...

Chilli weather

It has not been a brilliant year for chillis, but we have had some success and have managed to grow three varieties which are now ready...

A fruity blog

This month life revolves around harvesting berries and currants. A fenced rectangle in the south corner of the garden contains red, white...

Things to do on a rainy day

....Make Rhubarb Jam We normally have difficulty growing rhubarb in our garden in France. I think this is because rhubarb is a heavy...

Broad Beans and Coppa with Linguini

Make this at the start of the broad bean season when the beans are tiny and do not need to be skinned. Enough for two. Ingredients:...