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How free range is your bacon?
kisses on the free range fields It came as a bit of a surprise to me that less than 3% of the pork in the UK is actually truly ‘free range’. You think if you choose for the ‘freedom foods’ or ‘red...
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The perfect scone is a joyeus thing
While I am wondering where summer is hiding, and rain is dripping down on my evergreen garden, it feels like the perfect time to start baking scones for tea. How else will you lock out the dreariness...
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About my work: Hemelse soepen, the Magic soup book in Dutch
The Dutch version of the book MAGIC SOUP I photographed last year has been published! And… the Belgian publisher Luster has kindly given me a nice parcel to give away to one of you lovely lot! Just...
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Quince Ratafia
Quince really are a mystical fruit. They hang like lanterns from the trees, forcing the branches to bend down with their weight. One can not ignore their smell, how they fill your kitchen with that...
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The death of a kettle
Yesterday evening at half past seven my kettle died. I was boiling water to cook my penne and the moment he had boiled and clicked, a burning smell arose from its base and a melting hole appeared. That...
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A winter visit to Bath
It was a crisp winters day when we took the train from London Paddington to Bath on an early februari morning. Bath must be one of my all time favourite cities to go to in England, the Somerset town...
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Winter feasting
Planning christmas dinner ahead of time I had it all under controle weeks ago, I only needed to sort out the bird for which I was late. To get a good bird, and with that I mean a bird that has roamed...
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Alan Davidson’s Library
Wild Fruits of the Countryside, Hulme, F. Edward. Alan Davidson’s copy. A year ago, while on my never-ending quest for rare books, I stumbled upon a selection that once belonged to one great man. Upon...
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The Pig near Bath
I arrived at the mansion that is the home of The Pig near Bath after a long november day. It was dark, rainy and my feet were stiff and cold from being in my red wellies for over 8 hours. Stepping...
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Florentine
When Florentine arrived on my doorstep, I decided not to read bits here and there and save it for a moment when I could really tuck in with greed. When I did, on a spring-like winter morning with the...
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Bath buns – or the tale of English buns #1
If you have visited the city of Bath, you might have noticed that there are two buns in town who are competing to be the oldest, most authentic, and most valuable to the city’s heritage. The Sally Lunn...
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The Rise of Rice Pudding – a History and a 14th century recipe
Yesterday, 11 april, I was asked to come on the BBC One Breakfast television program to talk about the history of rice pudding in light of the sudden craze for rice pudding – and that I have just...
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Queen cakes – 18th century dainty bakes
It is not a coincidence that I chose to write about Queen cakes today. If you’ve read the papers and watched the news, or if you are a royalist, then you know today the Queen of England celebrates her...
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Pride and Pudding – London Book launch
Two weeks ago was the day I have been waiting for, for a very very long time. The publication day and book launch of the English Pride and Pudding, my original work. My baby. You might find it quite...
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Cabinet Pudding – what to do with stale cake and booze
Let me share with you a recipe from Pride and Pudding, my debut book that was festively launched in London’s Borough Market two weeks ago. There is also good news if you haven’t ordered the book yet!...
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Five years ago today, in a little town in England. Wedding bells, balloons,...
A little personal post from me, but then again, it is a personal blog so it is alright. Five years ago to this day, Bruno and I got married in our home away from home in Sussex, UK. When thinking about...
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Batter pudding, a Dutch baby and the scent of a ripening nectarine
I can clearly remember the first time my brain registered the juiciness of a nectarine and its heavenly scent. It was summer, and unusually hot. I was about 3 or 4 years old and with my mother, the...
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Cherry brandy… the first step towards winter
Preparing the cherry brandy or ‘Kriekenborrel’ as we called it in Belgium, is the first step towards Christmas and winter for me. On Christmas eve when I was a child, I was allowed one single drunken...
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Bakewell puddings and Bakewell tarts
It was Bakewell tart on Great British Bake Off yesterday last week! And when Mary said this is what a Bakewell tart should look like… I had to disagree. Traditionally early Bakewell tarts did not have...
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Galette Des Rois and other food celebrations
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas if you celebrated it, and I wish you a smashing new year! There are lots of exciting things to come of which I will tell you more very soon but until then…...
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