Summer Sourdough Breads
The weather really picked up in sunny Northern Ireland. We have spent the ‘good’ weekends eating barbecue and salad picked from the garden…bliss! The gooseberries, blackberries, raspberries and broad beans have been and gone (although the next wave of broad beans are just ready for picking ). I also have a years supply of [...]
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Chocolate Bread and Barbeque
It’s been a really great weekend, the weather was lovely and I managed to get quite a bit done in the vegetable patch. We also had the first barbeque of the year in the garden (including giant sirloin steaks from butchers extraordinaire … Orr’s of Holywood). Unfortunately its Monday now and I’m back at work [...]
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Portugal
Last week we had a wonderful holiday in Portugal staying in a villa with family. Our villa was located near Moncarapacho, about a 45 minute drive east of Faro towards the border with Spain. In contrast to the well known resorts in the western Algarve with their hotels and golf courses, the eastern half is relatively undeveloped and comprises traditional [...]
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