The Foody Traveller
Every year snowdrop lovers head off for north Nottinghamshire and Hodsock Priory. They go there to wander amongst and enjoy the 82 varieties of snowdrops in this historic estate’s winter gardens and woodland walks. Complementing the delicate heralds of spring are winter flowering plants including hellebores, aconites, cyclamen, irises, fragrant sarcococca and witch hazel. Competing […]
If you really feel like it you can make ghee for yourself. It’s a type of clarified butter. Basically you will need to heat some unsalted butter in a pan and let it simmer long enough for all the moisture to evaporate and the milk solids to brown slightly. Then you need to skim off […]
All too often, we drive off the cross-Channel ferries and head south deeper into France or even further afield. But recently in search of pastures new Anna Hyman and friends heeded the advice to ‘turn Left at Dunkirk’ and headed for Holland and Flanders instead. DFDS Ferry from Dover We boarded the DFDS Ferry at […]
Whisky and I don’t always get on well together. A mere single measure has been known to result in a nasty headache. Consequently, much as I enjoy a dram, on the whole I have learnt not to indulge. However, a few years back when visiting a distillery I was asked if I had ever added […]
Whilst on holiday in Denmark Gillian Thomas found a museum that proved a success for all the family, whatever their age. Kongernes Jelling – the Royal Jelling Experience Centre – turned out to be the biggest hit of our family holiday in Denmark, despite protests from my six and eight year-old grandsons when they realised […]
Like most families no doubt we have cookery bibles. Those much loved cookery books splodged with grease and stains which are turned to for checking basic methods as well as for recipes time after time. We can see David Rocco’s book Dolce Famiglia turning into our bible of Italian cooking. We have read it from […]