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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Roulade… My way.
A couple of days ago a very kind friend bought me a new cook book. “gorgeous cakes” by Annie Bell. A lovely book full of delightful looking cakes (some of which I hope to replicate in the coming weeks) today … Continue reading
“Garden Guests”
I’ve been feeding the little dicky birds in the garden since last autumn and all through the difficult winter, so I now have a reliable incoming of cheepers, mostly sparrows, blue tits and chaffinchs with the occasional reed bunting and … Continue reading
An extraordinary lodge
Just wanted to write a quick blog about the fantastic lodge I was cooking in last week. Designed and built to Norwegian specifications in wood and with a turf roof, as unusual inside as out and the last thing you … Continue reading
Perfect Venison
I always like to cook venison for my clients. It’s surprisingly versatile and commonly badly cooked. People often comment that venison is tough and stringy, and although it can be (just like lamb or pork) if it is cooked properly … Continue reading
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Capabilities; Limitless and surprising.
Tomorrow I’m going away cooking again, for a week, up to Aberdeenshire. Yesterday, for some reason I was full of fear about it. Possibly because a lot of the recipes I was thinking of not ones I was fully … Continue reading
A Black Grouse at lek: one of the rarest sites in scotland?
This evening we went for a walk over some beautiful countryside a few miles from the cottage. Expecting to take some snaps of the orange sun setting over the Galloway hills I took my camera along. The sunset was predictably … Continue reading
Its taken a few months for it to look like this and even now nothing is quite ready to harvest and eat. Despite that I can’t helping feeling incredibly proud of our little veg patch. I’ve grown herbs intermittently for … Continue reading
Checking the Chives
There’s not more denying it. My Chives have flowered. I alway like to take a small selection of herbs from my own garden whenever I go cooking. I think that’s the kind of thing that people hire a cook for; … Continue reading
Over the sea to Skye…
There’s nothing more exciting than turning up in a hotel room to find a decanter on whisky and two glasses in your room. Well, there probably is, but after a long drive its a pretty satisfying sight. It lets you … Continue reading
Letters From A Lodge Cook 