When it comes to soup I’m sadly lacking….but thankfully the only other person who interests me in the kitchen is a wizard at the soup……my wife Clare…..so today’s blog is post is from the soup queen 😉 Well I don’t know about that, I think it is more a mix putting together foods I have… Read More Clare’s Parsnip & Cumin soup
As a kid, approximately 473 years ago my favourite soup was Heinz Oxtail, I could live off the stuff right out of the can either hot, cold or mildly agitated. As a University student I then graduated to ‘packet’ Chicken Noodle which was essentially ‘dust with bits’ that you added bath water too and consumed… Read More Parsnip and Leek broth
So, looking out the window, right now makes me want to pack a bag get on a plane and get as far away from this cold, wet, windy and damp Country as possible…….but that’s just a fleeting feeling, it soon melts into an appreciation for the fact that I’m inside with Louie our Spaniel/Lab mix,… Read More Dora Macchitella’s incredible Minestrone
So the word ‘broth’ does conjure up Autumn/Winter etc, etc – look aside, it’s friggin freezin’! This soup is really warming but paradoxically on a warm day it has the opposite effect, bit like thermal underwear 🙂 This is heavy on the dried Porcini’s by the way so you can expect a sizable and earthy… Read More Porcini Mushroom broth
I normally associate soup with Autumn or Winter not mid summer, but it is possible to raggle together a really light soup that’s perfect for warm summer afternoons. This, for all intents and purposes is a vegetable soup – really easy – but the most important thing is the ingredients…..which is kinda obvious anyway. Tatse… Read More Summer soup
The Bicycle Thief 