This week's vegbox contains:

carrots
parsnips
celeriac
sweet potatoes
calabrese
leeks
mixed peppers
mushrooms

( Ideas so far, including the Mennonite cookbook )

I really need to start using my paper recipe books more. I like reading them but after the first few weeks I turn to them less and less often. Online recipes are just so much more ... indexed, which is handy when wondering what to do with this week's vegbox, and especially handy when I'm wondering it from work. I don't know whether posting about ( Read more... )

To anyone in the North of England currently being rained on: I'm sorry. It's my fault - I left my waterproof trousers at work.

I still don't envy the car drivers, though: I still get to work faster, and I don't have to use petrol or sit in a stuffy box to do it.

Someone on my flist posted recently about a children's book that is going to be turned into a film. Can I remember who posted it, when they posted it, or even what the book was? No. I think there was a horse in the title, and various commenters read the book as children, suggesting that it isn't a recent publication, but that's as far as I've ( Read more... )

I missed most of the inauguration, on account of being at work, but I caught the highlights and part of the parade on the news later. I'd never even have considered deliberately watching another country install their new head of state before now: it's partly that I know/have seen personal commentary from far more Americans now than at any other ( Read more... )

First miserable cycling day of the year: a cold, stinging, soaking rain, and dusk well after the sun's supposed to be up. When I finally get to work, feet drenched and cheeks glowing, the feel of warm dry socks is heavenly.

Yesterday lunchtime I had been thinking about some interesting US and Mexican recipes I'd seen online, and decided that I would finally get round to ordering some ingredients from the Cool Chile Co., an online shop with a stall on Borough Market, recommended by a post somewhere I've now forgotten. My order has just arrived! I am sitting at my ( Read more... )

For brisingamen, and anyone else who's interested.

These are adapted from recipes in New Recipes for your Slo-cooker (sic) by Annette Yates. I can't remember how many portions each makes, I'm afraid - if it's 4 or less, I usually make double quantities anyway, since my slow cooker is huge. I can go and look it up if anyone particularly wants to know.

( Tomato, Butter Bean and Rosemary )

Stuffing

( Recipe )

The Hispaniolan solenodon, a rare shrew-like mammal with a venomous bite has been caught on camera. There is only one other species of solendon, and together they are the only mammals which can inject poison into prey through their teeth.

Ilva of the Italian food blog Lucullian Delights has started a weekly Gluten Free Friday feature, starting ( Read more... )