In these days of conservative politics, human rights abuses and global unrest, writing a food blog seems vapid and frivolous, and I agree that it mostly is. Not only is blogging supposedly dead – in the “old-school” sense of daily blogs written by a single… Read More
All posts tagged “spring”
Roasted Rhubarb Compote + a few good reads
It’s been the winter of soup for us. Most weekends have found me in the kitchen at some point, throwing vegetables into a large pot of boiling stock. No recipe most of the time, just faith in my knowledge of flavours and methods, and inspiration drawn… Read More
Socca for Spring
The food photos in my my Instagram feed have been dominated by baked goods for (ahem) quite some time. It’s been a big year for cakes and other baking on the blog and I haven’t posted anything remotely green or vegetable-focused since the pickled radishes in… Read More
A Spring Soup
I want to call this Spring Soup but the fact remains that it features pumpkin and pearl barley rather than tender greens like asparagus and peas. This concerns me. I deeply feel that this soup wants to be called Spring Soup because, despite the presence of starchy… Read More