Monthly Archives: March 2012

Hot Cross Buns

I’ve given up cake for Lent.  It’s not a gesture of piety.  It’s 100%, fully certifiable insanity.  Not just cake either but all sugary things – biscuits, chocolate, sweets, even jam on my toast. My friend Percy Pyckwyll, being rather … Continue reading

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Damned Fine Bread

I am not a bread-nut.  I’ve spent time over the last couple of years making a small radio series about bread because I’m interested in people.  Bread is a culinary blank canvas, certainly in Europe and West Asia, and the … Continue reading

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A Sussex Equinox

I never tire of the passing of the seasons in Sussex.  Yesterday morning, as the sun broke through the mist over Bewl Water, spring made its presence felt with its electricity in the air. The fecund earth is about to … Continue reading

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