Midweek Supper

Freshly boiled crabs from the South Coast of England, Oysters from Essex, Asparagus from the Garden, Homemade Mayonnaise from our own hens eggs, Homemade Organic Wholemeal Bread, all washed down with a little French number. Life doesn’t get better than this. I only went to West Mersea today to take the cockpit tent to the…

A Proper Easter Feast

Easter Sunday Lunch would not be the same without the inclusion of Easter Eggs, Chickens and Narcissi. This has got to be the best pudding I have eaten in ages , and I am told by today’s most amazing hostess, as perfectly photographed by her niece, that it is an old recipe from the Daily Mail 2009, called Retro…

Al Fresco in April

Just now and then the great British Weather comes up trumps. What an impromptu and inexpensive feast in glorious warmth. Simply arrange some Serrano Ham on a platter, along with some Lucques Olives and place on a Provençal tablecloth along with some freshly baked ciabatta style bread which you somehow rustled up in your Aga…