This staple of Nepal is a delicious and substantial meal as an alternative to a meat based meal and contains all sorts of good things from a dietary and nutritional point of view. I have taken to cooking it in a similar manner to a biryani ( see previous post ) as I feel that the textures and flavours combine beautifully in this manner. It is a pretty basic meal that can be eaten breakfast morning or night as you see fit. The version I made here includes black lentils ( Belug

The Head Gardener is a darkly whimsical, sardonic fantasy novel set in Florencetown, a vividly imagined city of humans, dwarves, ogres, werewolves, witches, and other beings. It blends satire, grotesque humor, and gritty worldbuilding with a strong sense of the absurd. At its heart are two unlikely figures: Capability, the enigmatic Head Gardener, obsessed with roses, and Seagrum, a rough-hewn, sharp-witted dwarf entangled in intrigue, sex, and violence.

T his chowder is loosely based on Mediterranean-style fish soup that is popular in the cheaper restaurants and cafes down by waterside...

This is a quick and easy meal made with stale bread that can also be adapted to vegetarian use.

Went walkabout around the Quay just before lunchtime today. It was quite busy as the season is picking up and the number of people...

Imagine my surprise when recently visiting the fish stall for samphire, to find that the new season of sardines (Cornish) had landed. Of...

The past couple of nights have offered some fantastic views of the moon and moonlight over the estuary in Dartmouth. Last night I...

The biryani is a perfect one pot dish that is so easy to prepare and cook that its a wonder it isn't more popular. This recipe has been...

Food has always been a big part of my life and cooking for other people is one of those pleasures that makes life worth living. This love...

Norway may be one of the more expensive countries to visit but it is a marvellous place in terms of its scenery, its culture and its...

You would expect a waterside place like Dartmouth to have a good supply of fresh fish and the town certainly doesn't fail to deliver...

A garden tended well should give back far more than a human can put into it. We tended our garden in Frome for over forty years during...

The most striking feature of Dartmouth is the waterfront. This is especially so at night when the yellow lights of the Quayside compete with the deep blues of the estuary. Indeed, walking along it is oddly reminiscent of a similar waterfront in the novel The Xandrian Quarters , although I didn't think that Dartmouth was in mind at the time it was written. It is the town centre and its proximity to the water that is so striking. Notwithstanding its history, what there is tod

Well, we moved onto The Quay on 20th March 2025 after living for over 40 years in Frome in Somerset. It was quite a transition from a...