Whether you’re in normal sailing waters in the north, or down with Thomas Coville or the Vendée Globe skippers in the southern ocean, thick and hearty soups will go down well at this time of year. I was very happy to hear that Kay McMahon has just posted a basic recipe for leek & potato [...]
While places further north are getting significant snowfalls, all I’m getting here in the Limousin region of France is fine drizzle that isn’t quite cold enough to become sleet. I was just beginning to think that it was getting past the time for eating toast and Serrano ham or smoked salmon, backed up with lamb’s [...]
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