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Remember, remember the 5th of November and a classic British Parkin recipe
Choices, choices, choices – it’s Bonfire Night and I’m not sure what to write about and how to illustrate my post. Do I chat about the origins of Bonfire Night with the story of Guy Fawkes and the...
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Homemade Limoncello
Limoncello is one lovely lemony word We can add other words like homemade, Lemon Drop Cocktail, easy, 6 weeks, sugar syrup, friends, vodka, ready in time for Christmas or New Year …… and putting them...
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Toad In The Hole a recipe for vegetarians that doesn’t involve Toads
Before I kick in with a recipe let’s make it clear no Toads were actually harmed in the making of this post – nor any other post I’ve blogged (or not blogged as the case may be). I have Toads …...
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Stacey’s Munch and Crunch Supertastic all round best Granola ever
We Stacey’s granola. Do you get the message Remember the Promenade Guest Blogs while I took a little country break? I’m finally getting round to making the recipes my friends posted, a) it would...
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Search engines, post titles, a washing machine and big banana conundrum
I remember when I signed up for a blog and read some of the “how to’s” that WordPress provide, tips on how to write a blog post, how to use tags and to write a catchy title. I can’t say I’ve always …...
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A Cambodian style Smoked Mackerel Salad
This is a recipe of memories, inspirations and substitutions. The original recipe came via Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey, his trip around S E Asia to cook and eat old favourites and discover new...
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A classic coffee and walnut loaf cake
I’ve been on the hunt for a perfect coffee and walnut loaf cake for some considerable time. Most of the recipes I’ve come across are for round cake tins, involve extraneous ingredients and have tons of...
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She’ll be coming round the mountain wearing pink pyjamas
I think wearing pink pyjamas for a journey home makes sense, nice and comfy and you are ready for bed when you get home! Not that I actually own any pink pyjamas, but it’s a thought. A long travel day...
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Fish names and their alternatives
As a coastal living foodie-gardener-blogger I read many, many recipes and sometimes get thoroughly confused “is that what I know as…..” often pops into my head. And then the tricky question of “I can’t...
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When in doubt make pie!
Vegetarian Cottage Pie, or should that be Shepherds Pie, Lentil Pie, Veggie Pie, or just plan old Pie ! Living with a vegetarian (and that does mean no fish no matter what other ‘vegetarians’ say) has...
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Celeriac – the new black?
Celeriac is making a kitchen comeback – I see it more and more in the grocers and markets and with mentionitus extending to recipes online - this season’s new black or in the cookery world the new...
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Mousse au chocolat and the secret trick …..
“Nearly everyone knows and appreciates the old and reliable formula for a chocolate mousse – 4 yolks beaten into 4oz of melted bitter chocolate and the 4 whipped whites folded in” –from Elizabeth...
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Love or Loathe
I could be writing about the recent death of Margaret Thatcher couldn’t I? She has managed to divide opinion in life and in death. But this isn’t a political blog, life on the Promenade is about...
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Tomatoes with Hats On and recipe bright ideas needed
I grew some elephant garlic last year, admittedly by mistake – the bulblets had been left in the ground from the previous year, survived and grew. I love it when “gardening” works for me ! I remember...
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Mister Pip’s Rhubarb Cake
Book group food is a conundrum, too little and readers are left dissatisfied, too much and it extends into dinner party territory. My book group’s journey through good reads and the accompanying food...
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A bagful, a sinkful, a plateful – maybe a bellyful
I’m talking about growing, harvesting and cooking Spinach and Chard. It all starts around this time of year, sowing seeds in teeny pots to be planted out as young seedlings, watered in and forgotten...
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Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
I need to extend the number of meals we eat from the standard Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner to include Brunch and Afternoon Tea, and if there is room at the end of the day then a suppertime snack can be...
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Happy Havana days and a strawberry daiquiri
When I got my allotment 5 years ago I jokingly said I wanted to “pimp my shed” and have a min cocktail bar in it – nothing fancy just a shelf with a shaker and a few glasses. Probably not your …...
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inter-galactic rescue
Daddy Pan, Mummy Pan and Baby Pan aka the Pattypan family ~ Pattypan recipes I want to thank you all for the fantastic suggestions, inspiration, opinions, and laughs. A treat for me when my brain was...
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A capsule recipe and meal
No need for scientists to intervene here and produce a pill. Nature and humankind have already done the legwork for us. Ingredients - 1 apple I chunk of cheese Equipment - A knife Optional extras – a...
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