This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: Summer recipes
The Summer wardrobe: Rachel Roddy’s green beans (no ham)
The fashionista’s greatest joy, it always seems to me, is an outfit that can be up- and downgraded; ‘for day and night’, I think is the phrase. I have never understood this concept with clothes (do people really change at … Continue reading
The Summer Wardrobe: rosé port and tonic
A couple of years ago, I wrote a few posts about the recipes that were on repeat all summer long, the things that I just kept coming back to. This year, thanks to weeks of glorious sunshine, I already have … Continue reading
Posted in Summer recipes
Tagged offley, port, recipe detective, summer wardrobe, The Wine Society, Waitrose
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The Summer Wardrobe: Watermelon Gazpacho
On a hot, hot August day, do your thoughts turn to…soup? No, didn’t think so though, if you looked in branches of the various lunch chains, where hot soup is usually the only one on offer, you would imagine that … Continue reading
Posted in Soup recipes, Summer recipes, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged gazpacho, gluten-free recipes, summer wardrobe, watermelon
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Last of the summer salad: Nigel’s plum tabbouleh
The weather is both beautiful and strange right now: beautiful, because it’s so full of sunshine in the daytime that I am inspired to keep wearing my sandals; strange because as soon as the light goes I realise that I … Continue reading
Gifts from the Garden: Debora Robertson’s chive pesto
This book has been on my shelf for a couple of years and, mostly, I’ve not been able to use it as much as I’d like because, well, I don’t have a garden. But, aha, this year the terrace has … Continue reading
Posted in Herb recipes, Summer recipes, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged Debora Robertson, gluten-free recipes
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Polpo’s runner beans with Pecorino and red onion
Runner beans in my world have, until now, always meant two things: a stringy challenge that is like eating dental floss and a constant reminder of my grandparents’ incredible green-fingeredness. Not a summer went by when we didn’t either eat … Continue reading
A little something to cool you down: iced coffee
There are few days, or years, in England when I really can’t bear the heat of coffee. And since I drink very little of it, or rather can only drink very little of it, the idea of pouring it over … Continue reading
It’s salmorejo and gazpacho weather
I’ve never understood the notion of barbecues. Why, when it is already boiling hot, would you want to light a big fire and stand over it getting hotter? No, when it’s 30° (oh, it’s such a treat to write that) … Continue reading
Posted in Claudia Roden, One pot, Soup recipes, Summer recipes, Tomato recipes
Tagged Ballymaloe, Claudia Roden, Cordoba, soup recipes, Spanish recipes
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Quick blog, quick breakfast: avocado on toast
One of my favourite breakfasts on the planet is pan con tomate, a salty-sweet delight that goes perfectly with good coffee. It might also be my favourite because usually I have it in Granada, and if I’m there I will … Continue reading
Summery socca
You’ve probably never heard of socca. I hadn’t until a year ago when I found it in one, then two, cookery books, both written by Francophile North Americans (David Lebovitz and Dorie Greenspan). It is a chickpea (gram) flour pancake … Continue reading
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