On Saturday morning, I went to Havenhands the Bakers in St James’s Square in Boroughbridge*, then on to the Post Office before going to Ripon to watch the start of the Annual Raft Race in the Ripon Canal Basin. On that short journey, I met several people who I knew really well in both personal [...]
New Razors – Old Razors
August 29th, 2010I have been spending the last week and a bit shaving with two new razors that I bought on Ebay. They are Gillette Razors from the late 1950s – a Red Tip and a Blue Tip Super-Speed Razors. Why, you might rightfully ask; well, with razors, Gillette is like your mother’s cooking in bakery comparisons, [...]
School Reports And Memories Of Mowden Hall School
August 28th, 2010I went to small, all-boys prep school in Northumberland called Mowden Hall School, which still exists and is now a mixed prep school. In fact, my father went there the first year it moved to Northumberland after the Second World War. It seems so old fashioned and long ago, as we learnt maths from log [...]
Recipe For Wild Salmon With Pink Peppercorn Sauce
August 26th, 2010This recipe began as one of those serendipitous events when on holiday this July in Scotland. We had one of those small kitchens that has no equipment and a very temperamental cooker, plus we had brought almost no ingredients with us. Then around and about, you could find a few basic ingredients to work with but not much, [...]
Recipe For Business Success Cake
August 24th, 2010I am a fan of those little self-published recipe books as within them you often get real recipe gems that have been handed down from generation to generation within families. You also get a lot of rubbish, as well, but a recipe book with even only one good recipe is a decent book.
Within a small [...]
Life Really Does Begin At Forty
August 22nd, 2010I am 42 now and I have finally worked out what the phrase “life begins at forty” means. It came as a Pauline moment as I was driving home the other day. It really means that you only ever plan your life until you get to about 40 years old*, so now that you have reached [...]
Axel’s Raspberry Cheesecake Recipe
August 19th, 2010My sister and her family came to visit at the weekend, so I was scrabbling around trying to come up with a summery pudding to create, while the rain was gushing down outside in torrents. I decided that roast chicken with all the trimmings, followed by a cheesecake was the answer, but with some summer [...]
A Recipe For Meatballs In Tomato And Red Pepper Sauce
August 16th, 2010Cooking at home differs from fancy cuisine in restaurants in that it is about compromise. While a top notch chef does not need to compromise on ingredients and quality, at home you need to juggle your precious time with what you have got available in your storecupboard and can find in the shops. Also, you [...]
Recipe For Milk Shake
August 15th, 2010You spend hours and hours creating delicious home cooked food from scratch, buying the best ingredients you can find, then you hear you kids discussing the best type of chocolate or sweet and flavour of crisps (chips) in the back of the car*. You feel deflated and slightly aggrieved that all that hard work is for nought.
Then, Jay, [...]
