Archive for the 'big things' Category

Hatfield House panorama

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

(This is not actually Hatfield House, but the chapel in the west garden)

Open studios around Watford

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Hertfordshire open studios in and around Watford during September.

Home made pesto

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Home made pesto, made with basil and a little bit of shiso and parsley.

Previously …

Pevsner on Hertfordshire

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Pevsner’s Hertfordshire from the famous series the Buildings of England. I’m pretty sure Maki would like this a lot.

Courgette soup

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

This recipe along with 2 lbs of our own courgettes, our own basil, and our own chives, was very delicious.

Vice

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

On Lady E’s desk, which is now my workbench!

Frittata

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Frittata from Nigel Slater’s Real Fast Food book. The courgettes are from the garden.

Crumble

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

With blackberries from the garden, oranges, greengages.

Sainsburys smash’n'grab

Friday, July 30th, 2010

Here’s the news at Hemel Today.

Spanish omelette

Monday, July 26th, 2010

This is a sort of spanish omelette. The recipe was adapted from here.

Dacorum Steam Rally 2010

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

We went to the Dacorum Steam Rally again on Sunday.

Previously …

Courgette

Friday, July 23rd, 2010

From the garden. As it turns out, courgettes are really easy to grow.

魚拓鳥拓

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

Click for bigger!

Look! It happened to someone else as well!

Hot dogs

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

I made some not very successful caramelized onions (in the orange Creuset pan).

These tasted just like the American version that I had in Boston.

Gammon and broad beans

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

The gammon recipe was one by Nigella which was pretty tasty, particularly cold the next day:

Recipe for gammon, and for swede.

Some broad beans from the garden:

Sparrowhawks like tiny birds!

Monday, July 12th, 2010

Nom nom …

Previously …

Tacos

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

This recipe for beef tacos comes from Nigel Slater’s excellent book Real Fast Food. However instead of buying the pitta breads, I made these ones from scratch. This was really delicious:

Hot lamb curry

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Also from Brit Spice.

Swede and potatoes

Sunday, July 4th, 2010

The swedes in the garden have been a great success:

… but the potatoes, oh dear:

We’re back

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Me finishing off six kumamoto oysters from Neptune Oyster in Boston (recommended!)