I’ve spent a lot of time in France. Most of which was, in truth, spent eating, or talking about eating. And a question that has always perplexed me is why are the French so obsessed with tapenade? I mean, it’s basically an olive in spreadable form, the concept of which I like very much. And … Continue reading
Mussels transport me back to childhood to family camping holidays in France – an annual summer event and a lengthy affair. Our trips stretched for weeks and weeks until my brother and I could hardly remember a morning without a breakfast of still-warm baguette dunked into a delicious bowl of Banania. We would walk for … Continue reading
My boyfriend is in the Alps this weekend, prancing about in powder and having a jolly good time of it. I want some fun too. It is not snowing outside and I am hundreds of miles away from any mountain range. I am not swaddled in a dozen layers like a podgy onion, nor have I … Continue reading
C’est La Fête Nationale! Wherever you are in the world, I hope you have donned your beret, slung a string of onions round your neck and celebrated Bastille Day in style – I spent the scorching afternoon sweating it out at the Bastille Festival at Borough Market, grazing on treats, stocking up on stinky cheese … Continue reading
Regardless of the weather, I am going to continue posting picnic prep entries and hope for the best. Worst comes to worst, you can enjoy a picnic on your living room floor. With the heating on. Today I have made something from the South of France which, to me, is one of those beautiful dishes … Continue reading
pip & little blue 