RecipesApple and Tomato Chutney Makes 10 x 1 lb (450 g) potsTomato FondueBlackcurrant FoolBlackcurrant ice creamJane’s Biscuits – Shortbread BiscuitsCourgette Soup with Curry SpicesI’m regularly asked where I’m off to for my Summer break, naturally people expect me to name some exotic location – Azarbejan, Lanzerotte, St Barts …… not a bit of it. Nothing [...]

I have just had a completely delightful fun afternoon at the Schull Agricultural Show. These country shows celebrate much of what I hold so dear in country life. Many have been floundering in recent [...]

RecipesMackerel with Tomatoes and TapenadeSpatchcock Chicken with Oven-roasted VegetablesHeirloom Tomato Salad with Basil, Olive Oil and Irish Honey A Salad of Quail Eggs with Smoked Venison and AvocadoFrench DressingSausages with DipsBarbecue sauceMacroom Oatmeal CrackersSweet Corn with Butter and Sea SaltIn 2002, Myrtle Allen, then in her late seventies, decided that there was a need to [...]