Greetings to you avid diary readers! I am sure you will both be disappointed to hear that there will now be a short intermission, as we of a certain age still say. As we haven’t had a break for nearly two years, we have thrown the proverbial strop and all the toys came out of [...]
Faced with an outside catering contract this week (a Polish buffet for a small group in Gloucester) we were in need of some extra eggs. So it was off to Colin Smith in the hope of picking up some lovely cream legbars. We were in luck – he’d had a new delivery this morning, their [...]
Okay, Tesco might have had to give up on Tyrells crisps, but they have managed to get hold of some goji berries. So it’s not all goods news. For those of you who have not yet become aware of goji berries, or wolfberries as they are also known, I should tell you that, mainly through [...]
And the latest story on BBC local news tonight . . . another stand against the supermarkets. William Chase, the owner of Tyrells, a Herefordshire success story and makers of sensational artisan potato crisps, found out that Tesco were selling his crisps without his permission. This might seem like ‘no big deal’, but it is [...]
The weather still being very warm and pleasant for the time of year, we decided that breakfast on the patio would be in order this morning. Sunday is the one day of the week when we feel relaxed enough to have the kind of breakfast that our guests enjoy in the dining room, so this [...]
The courgette pickle is still on hold. We are waiting for the bulk tanker to deliver the vinegar we need. However, all is not lost. We have found something else to distract us – pork pies. Many would say that a pork pie is a pork pie. The cognoscenti might say, no, a pork pie [...]
As the sun rises on the 47th day of the Aspen House courgette harvest, Rob is spotted staggering in from the garden with his arms wrapped around a huge green zeppelin of a vegetable . . . Sweating profusely, he drops this monster on the kitchen table, uttering a muttered curse as one of the [...]