Posts Tagged ‘pears’

I was reared in the business of food and farms and therefore acquired an easy knowledge of the natural world, seasons, soil, animals and the roles that man plays within nature’s boundaries.  I also have a great passion for food but sometimes though, when one is immersed in a world it’s easy to forget that […]

The summer really is the season to embrace when it comes to fresh food.  From the limited harvest of tasty spring offerings we suddenly open up to a glut of new flavours.  It’s also a great time for traditional fruits and salad vegetables. Berries, plums, peaches, tomatoes, lettuce and all the herbs are in abundance.  […]

It’s a sure sign you’re married with young children when the long, wine fuelled gluttonous dinner parties of youth turn into sober Sunday daytime affairs where the excitement reaches its crescendo at the thought of trying a new flavour from the Nespresso machine with a homemade shortbread after you’ve eaten.   I suppose as we mature […]