Highly Dangerous Comestible
Highly dangerous comestible. To whom it may concern, I wish to raise a…
Penny
An alternative tart
Whoever named these fish as pollocks did them no favours! Yet this white sea fish is a good sustainable alternative when our favourite cod and haddock stocks are less plentiful. We bought online a super selection of fish from…
Omissions and improvisations
Clearing out the freezer and store cupboards brings surprises and challenges. This week, a pack of Spanish dried ham emerged blinking into the daylight from a Christmas past. I confess to using de-frosted bought shortcrust pastry to make the…
Cheer up weary fruit
If it’s getting towards the end of the week and the fruit bowl is looking a bit sorry for itself, here’s a super hot dessert. When shopping can take too long and some food is hard to get, it…
BOGOF
If your self-isolating hoard of UHT milk tastes awful in tea, here’s the answer: homemade yoghurt plus the vital ingredient for a simple bread. Two for the price of one. The yoghurt is blissfully simple: just heat half a litre…
Good simple food makes isolation more bearable
Being quarantined at home gives me more time to cook. I’ve been inspired to share this recipe by Orly, one of the semi-finalists for the 2020 Holman prize for blind ambition being run by San Francisco’s LightHouse organisation. It might…
Perfect timing: cooking for mind, body and soul
In 2017, my Baking Blind project won the inaugural international Holman prize for blind people with ambition. Now another blind cook has even better ideas and seeks your support for the 2020 competition for which she is already a…
Blindness for Beginners
Maribel and I compared notes about living with visual impairment when we cooked together in her Melbourne homehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9OnaZzQTkI&feature=youtu.be and she gave me her top tips for surviving blindness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX8dvHsuamE&feature=youtu.be Now she has published her latest book, “Blindness for Beginners”, to share…
Last chance for this year’s community heroes nominations
Don’t kick yourself but rack your brain for the local person who has made a huge difference to your community and, of course, I’m keen that you don’t forget all those with disabilities who go the extra mile. Nominations…
Life after Service
Hear my radio interview with the British Forces Broadcasting Service today: 1800 UK time www.forces.net and follow links to BFBSUK. There are lots of us with stories about our adventures after leaving the Navy, Army or Air Force. If you want…