This academic year has been exam heavy and, in actual fact, by the official end of term the only person going to school was my husband. Friday was the official finish - and this was supper. I'd been to the supermarket to pick up milk (Seb drinks it by the pint - and I have no … [Read more...]
Tortilla Española
Or Tortilla de Patatas. Or Spanish Omelette. It's the same thing. With or without onion, warm or cold - it's delicious. In my house it's less of a tapas event and more of a family supper when we're all rushing in and out and unlikely to be in the kitchen at the same time. … [Read more...]
Greek-Style Tomato Salad
This is just one of many, many tomato salads I make over the course the summer. I love them. It probably has something to do with the Sunday afternoon trips down my Grandad Dowton's crazy paved garden path to pick tomatoes from his greenhouse. Always supervised. (It wasn't, … [Read more...]
Greek-Style Asparagus Salad
Yesterday was a record breaking hot day - and this was lunch. I made some olive bread and put together a Greek-Style Tomato Salad, too, but I'll post them next week. I think I must be thinking 'Greece' because the news is so full of scenes from Athens. Tough times ahead for a … [Read more...]
Tomato Tarte Tatin
I bought myself a present. There is no justification for that other than I saw, I wanted .. and I bought. I like to think I economised because I bought the smaller of the two sizes available which was cheaper, but it was probably a false economy because I now know I need … [Read more...]