In between garden-greening downpours last week our FreeFrom Skincare Awards judges did manage to sniff the jasmine on their way down to the garden for a quick cup of coffee. But for most of the week I fear they have been locked away sniffing frankincense and lavender and …
Recipes
Looking to the future
So, following on from all that bracken – where are we taking the FoodsMatter empire? I cannot deny that James' totally unexpected death in August has certainly made me think very carefully about what it is that we have been and should be doing. In purely practical terms, he …
Berrydales Books – what’s in store….
As many of you may know, over the last two years we have been 'going into publishing'. This was inspired by Alex (Gazzola) telling us how he had just self published a short manual on how not-to-write a book (Writing Your Non-Fiction Book: A Mistakes-Writers-Make guide) and how …
Summer garden party delicacies
I fear that I failed totally to take any pictures of the FoodsMatter summer party guests skipping the light fantastic, but I did manage to take some pictures of some of the food. And since some of it was really rather tasty, I thought I would give you the recipes. So here …
Another soggy garden party…..
Looking back at previous summer party blogs I see that the weather gods have it in for us. This was the view from the kitchen in 2015 – and it could have been the view yesterday! Except that in 2015 it did clear up enough to get out whereas yesterday no one except our growing …