Around this time of year, rhubarb tends to get tired and worn out. The stalks, those that haven’t been plundered already, are green and thick, with big umbrella-like leaves. Everything starts to look a bit Jurassic, overgrown and gnarled. The slender pink and red elegance of the early stalks has long faded, and the taste [...]
It’s the middle of May, and the weather is quite nice, a bit wet, but warmer. I think it’s time to make ice cream, to get the freezer stocked up for summer. Of course, this is Britain, and the North of Britain at that. This may be summer. This ice cream is based on a [...]
This nearly didn’t happen. There were too many things that could have gone wrong, and most of them nearly did. Toasting pinenuts, blind baking a pastry case, the wrong type of honey… To my surprise, things turned out well, and we had a delicate and delicious dessert, sweet and balanced with a deep honey flavour, [...]