I enjoy cooking most of the time. And I also take a certain degree of pleasure in being able to put together a meal that I want when I want it. However cooking is not always "perfect". The more you do it the more you realise that you can always do it better and that you can improve on a dish. Yesterday I wanted a steak sandwich or something along those lines. I wasn't 100% … [Read more...] about Learning From Mistakes When Cooking
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How Fallow Use Social to Fill Their Dining Room
I haven't eaten at Fallow (yet!), but it's on my list... However I have ended up watching quite a few of their videos over the last couple of years and mostly by accident. This video is an excerpt from a much longer deep dive interview with the founders or Fallow and focuses on their use of social media - it's an eye opener: I love the transparency! … [Read more...] about How Fallow Use Social to Fill Their Dining Room
Spiced Apple & Blackberry Jam
As a child I used to enjoy walking up and down country lanes near where I lived foraging blackberries from the hedgerows. My grandmother used to make classic blackberry jam and the entire process was a part of the autumn feel. More than 40 years later it still is, though now I get to do the foraging close to my own house. Blackberry jam is lovely and I've made blackberry … [Read more...] about Spiced Apple & Blackberry Jam
Raspberry & Blackberry Jam
My raspberry canes have been doing very well and every couple of days there is plenty of gorgeous fruit handing off them. While I know I've planted a couple of blackberry bushes they've never really taken properly, though I do have some wild ones .. so that means I do get a reasonable amount of fruit. However when I wanted to make jam using both fruits the total amount I was … [Read more...] about Raspberry & Blackberry Jam
Making Apple and Fig Jam
Yesterday's apple and cinnamon jam has set nicely and I've already given away a jar! This morning we started on a much smaller batch of jam using fresh figs and apples. The recipe was quite simple - apples, figs, lemon juice and lemon zest. And of course sugar. But there was no extra liquid and the apples were taking forever to fully soften (the downside to apples from … [Read more...] about Making Apple and Fig Jam