Christmas is coming!
Congratulations to the young blind black woman who has just become a barrister. Now she needs a set of Chambers to take her on as a pupil for the next step into the profession. I was lucky: still serving in…
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Baking Blind makes local TV news!
Just a glimpse of Penny and the briefest mention! But it’s been good to support Open Sight Hampshire for nearly two years.
Smile with the last of the summer harvest?
I’m hoping that these were the end of the windfall cooking apples. Although I can manage the peeling and coring, I need someone who can see to chop out the bruises etc. Thanks to a glut of discount ramekins snapped…
Penny’s Baking Blind Story
Click here for Penny’s Baking Blind story at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton.
French cuisine.
The talk at Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium, a cooking demo, plus a short trip to France have kept me busy for the last few weeks. France was utterly splendid: autumn colours, 25C temperatures and masses of delicious food. I was particularly entranced…
Free Cooking demo 14 November 2022
Join us, cook along or just enjoy: 10:30 on 14th November 2022. A super winter butternut squash soup and delicious ginger cake requested by regular viewers. Register for free at:
Visual impairment?
Catch up on tips, news, ideas and a generally great time from the Open Sight Eye Contact exhibition with these easy-to-access videos of the guest speakers – yours truly was there too! Link:
Cheap as chips.
Bread and butter boards seem to be the latest food fad. Dipping bread in oils at the restaurant table is being overtaken by “butter boards”: whipped butter spread and piped with different flavourings (salts, edible flowers, smoke, chicken crackling and…
Very nearly award winning honey.
Utterly freezing! The Great Hall in Winchester was the chilly venue for the Hampshire Beekeepers’ Honey Show last weekend and my small contribution was (wo)manning the Asian Hornet stand. In this 13th century massive edifice, main doors and side door…
Free cooking demo – 1 week to go!
One week to go: Monday 10 October at 10:30 – gluten-free frangipane dessert features in free on-line cooking demo. Register for free at: Facebook Link: Eventbrite Link: