One of the best sandwiches that I have ever tasted
One hot summer’s day I was working at my friend Carol’s house. She had invited some old friends for tea and spent an hour making a plate of exquisite sandwiches for them. There were all my old favourites; egg mayonnaise, ham, cucumber and one I had never sampled before (Danny says that this is unbelievable but it’s true). “These are tomato sandwiches,” Carol smiled, pushing the plate towards me. “Would you like to try one?” I was a bit dubious but I didn’t like to refuse. She watched me carefully...
read moreSpecial Boxing Day Breakfast (scrambled eggs with smoked salmon recipe)
Just before I met Danny, I went to Ireland for the first time to attend a bread making course at the Ballymaloe Cookery School. For the duration of the course my sister and I stayed at the Shanagarry Guest House which was walking distance from the school, although I think we drove the 200 yards every day. Partly laziness but mainly on account of the breakfast, which was excellent and forced one to linger until the last possible moment. The couple who owned the guest house were charming. The husband was a rugby coach for the Irish team and...
read moreComfort eating. Deluxe cheese on toast recipe
Many years ago I moved into my first London flat. A pretty loft conversion with mansard ceilings and views of roofs, chimneys and unending sky. I needed transport so I bought myself a reconditioned BSA Bantam with Easy Rider handlebars and swooped around on that. My Mother was horrified and that made it even more fun. The weekly shop was basic as everything had to be transported on my back in a small frameless canvas rucksack. A relic of a past era, designed to carry sandwiches and a map and possibly a change of socks. If it was filled too...
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