May 19, 2013

Recipe: Lemon Sorbet

lemon sorbet

    2012 has been extremely disappointing in respect of the weather.  You would think that by mid-June we should be sipping Pimms in the sunshine, bunging the charcoal on the BBQ and picnicking the weekends away. But no. There has been rain, rain and more rain. Yet I remain optimistic that we will have [...]

School Dinners and Butterscotch Tart

butterscotch tart

In the days before Jamie Oliver took on the schools (although not that long ago I hasten to add), and when Spam was a tinned meat, school dinners were very different to the meals that they now offer.  The meals themselves I was not normally very impressed with.  And we weren’t allowed a drink during [...]

A Greek Recipe – Galaktoboureko

cooking

Galaktoboureko is a Greek recipe which when translated, means “Milk Pie”.  It’s not actually just milk in the centre but a custard, which is fortunate as milk would spill and then you’d cry even though that wouldn’t be any use. It’s a dessert and a little goes a long way. Of course, that would also [...]