River Cottage

One of you witty people wrote a comment on one of my posts referring to vegetables as “the dark side of the force”, and then apologised for it.  Can I say there is absolutely no need Read More ›

Dear Food Loving Peoples I am writing to tell you that I have taken a rather large tumble off the vegetable wagon.  But, I HAVE DONE IT IN STYLE. After the misery of last week, I have Read More ›

In the style of Melanie, can I thank all of you beautiful people for your information and recipes on polenta.  As soon as I saw the words corn and maize it all made perfect sense.  Read More ›

I’ve shopped for it, I’ve cooked it, hell, I’ve even eaten it and I still don’t know what it is.  It’s a most confusing substance.  It has the texture of a Read More ›

But first a little story about last week; I went and stayed at my mum’s house for a few days.  I packed my Veg Every Day cookbook as I decided that just because I was going away and Read More ›

I originally began this journey to see if a vegetarian cookbook written by a well-renowned carnivore would have success where many others have failed, and that is in making me a vegetarian.  Read More ›

I know I said I wasn't going to write another post until Sunday but I just cannot hold my enthusiasm in any longer for the beetroot tarte tatin.  I've just eaten this for lunch and I AM Read More ›

I know I’ve only just posted but I feel the need to get some things off my silicone-clad chest. Firstly, the chard and new potato curry situation is really bothering me.  I just can’t accept Read More ›

Lovely people, this week was week 3 and as you can see, I’m a bit behind so this is my account of what I’ve already eaten, and other than a small anal emergency, this week has been pretty Read More ›

This isn't a proper post because I'm actually in the middle of doing some work - woohoo!.  But I forgot to mention the most delectable leek risotto with chestnuts.  I can hardly Read More ›