Freixenet Italian Rosé

By the end of summer, I begin to feel sick of pink! We have a lot of white and rosé wine in the summer months. Guests will always bring a bottle with them. This year, a lot of our guests bought us exactly the same tipple...and I suspect it was because of the very pretty …

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Roasted Tomato And Mascarpone Soup

I have another truly delicious soup recipe for you from Waitrose. You can always tell a soup will be good when it starts with the word "Roasted". After roasting in the oven for half an hour - these tomatoes are fabulous. You may notice if you are eagle eyed that I had had to swap …

I Had To Jump In My Car

Cars are the theme for this week's Song Lyric Sunday. Plenty of songs to choose from again. I have gone for a blast from the past. Roxette carved their very own niche in the music world and I am glad they did. "Joyride" was apparently one of their most successful singles. I loved the cry …

Savyll Non-Alcoholic Bellini

We have fallen head over heels with a drinks brand we have only recently discovered. Savyll are producing beautiful alcohol free cocktails which are causing a sensation at our garden parties! This tipple is Robert's favourite - the alcohol free Bellini they make. He seems to be rather hooked on this perfect blend of peach …

New Potato Salad With Broccoli, Mozzarella And Pesto Dressing

Summer means salads. I would be happy with a bowl of green leaves and a few sliced spring onions without any dressing at all. But my husband and our guests would never be content with that. So I look for salad recipes that are more filling and yet will be perfect for an al fresco …

Only A Month We’ve Been Apart

Jim has asked us to feature break up songs for this week's Song Lyric Sunday. I think this is a great theme and I am sure that some of the most loved music out there was written due to breakups. I have not been through a break up since I left university! Yet even I …

Antonio Camillo Vermentino

I picked this bottle of white wine up on a recent jaunt to our new supermarket Prezzemole & Vitale, which sells Sicilian and Italian produce. Let me say first of all how thrilled we are to have this wonderful store full of beautiful produce on our doorstep! As I was scanning the wine on display …

Paneer Korma

I try a lot of curry recipes. I love using paneer and tofu. I also love using spinach in curry (you may have noticed!). Every recipe is slightly different. But without any doubt, this was the most popular of all the simple curry recipes I have tried this year. A fairly mildly spiced curry with …

A Spider Web Is Tangled Up With Me

Creepy crawlies and insects are the theme for Jim's Song Lyric Sunday today. I have chosen perhaps an obvious track...well, Coldplay's music having spread to every corner of the known universe it would seem. Still, I like them. They did something very right on their debut album, which is why they were enthusiastically embraced. This …

Bottle Green Pomegranate & Elderflower Sparkling Pressé

I am normally a little dubious of soft drinks that are red or pink in colour. It's synthetic fruit flavourings I don't at all get along with. So when I first picked this bottle up, I was prepared not to like it. How wrong I was!! The pomegranate flavouring is delicious, truly a joyful treat …