Take a couple of homegrown duck eggs, hard boil them (add some radish greens if you like or kale to the water to blanch them), pick some lovely dandelion greens, plantain leaves, some garden chard, spinach and broccoli greenleaves, add … Continue reading Brilliant Foraged Salad
Hullo, all! Here’s a pretty little recipe for cherry tart squares, and as the title says, there is a wee secret to the sweet, creamy crust. Gluten free, true – that’s no secret though, as all my posts are. May, the secret is, the crust is made from mashed potatoes! An enticing blend of coconut flour, coconut milk and potatoes, with some tapioca starch to bind it and nice honey (or plain white confectioners’ sugar if you prefer) makes for a delicious taste complement to the tart and sweet cherry mixture. First thing- boil the living heck out of some … Continue reading Cherry Square (with a delicious secret)
This is the story of a strange, culinary journey, which begins with a trip to Greece I took several (many) years previous: Suffice it to say, I wanted to travel to see Macedon, Thessalonika and Thessaly, for reasons of historical tourism including, but not limited to, Alexander and Alaric. It is beautiful in both areas of Greece, and I can thoroughly recommend that one visit it at some point in time! (If you do, be sure to read some histories such as The Last Centuries of Byzantium by David Nicholl and Latins and Greeks for more scholarly fare. Also, check … Continue reading Inverse Dolmathes!
Firth of Clyde 