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...]
Roasted Pepper Salad
The parent dish of this salad is peperonata. It must be sixty plus years since Elizabeth David's 'A Book of Mediterranean Food' was published in the UK and brought it to our notice. I do think we've got over the grief of not being a misplaced mediterranean country now, but … [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...]
Fasolakia
Fasolakia (Φασολακια) simply means 'green bean' in Greek - and this is a deliciously old fashioned Greek green bean casserole. It doesn't take much imagination to realise it's a way of using up a summer glut but, truly, it's so much more than the sum of its parts. It's … [Read more...]
French-Style Potato Salad
French-Style potato salad as opposed to one that's dressed in mayonnaise or soured cream. I did play about with calling it 'Herby Potato Salad' because there are a lot of herbs, but the vinaigrette dressing swung it. In my house, this is just called 'Potato Salad'. It's my … [Read more...]