secondhelping

… to buy a fat pig.  Home again, home again, jiggity jig. Have you ever been to a Farmers’ Market?  Until recently I hadn’t.  A terrible confession for a foodie to make, particularly when there is one essentially at the end of my street.  No excuses really. Determined to set things straight I got up [...]

RECIPES:        Habas a la rondeña – Andalusian broad beans with ham Judias con almendras – Andalusian green beans with almonds COOKBOOK:  Saffron & Sunshine by Elisabeth Luard Choices abound with this week’s theme for The Cookbook Challenge.  Green beans, broad beans, black beans, kidney beans, lima beans, soy beans….the list goes on. Over recent years [...]

Reading about The Cookbook Challenge concept on My Food Trail it was as though the clever creators had seen into my head. It is just the kind of thing that I would dream up to do: 52 weeks, 52 themes, 52 recipes.  Like most food bloggers I have a sizable collection of cookbooks, not all [...]