Spice prized for both flavour and medicinal properties; the brown coloured, woody spice is evocatively aromatic with warming sweet and savoury notes at the same time.
Tag: autumn
Pumpkin
When day and night are of equal length and druids encircle Stonehenge; the moon grows fat and glows blood-red. Summer turns to autumn. Farmers and their families work hard to ensure their crop comes in before the first frost. It’s harvest time. The more delicate crops, beans and leafy greens, get picked first. The pumpkin,…
Let’s get ready to crumble…
A crumble is a great way to use fruit that you bought thinking would ripen and is still rock hard weeks later or a glut of fruit that you bought on offer and you need to use up…fast!
Pears
A quintessential autumnal fruit is the pear. Once I see pears-a-plenty I know autumn is here…Outshined by apples every year, however, I find the pear just as versatile in the kitchen.
Pear, Plum and Blackberry Sponge
Whilst stocking up the fridge after my weekly shop I realised I had a few plums and pears at the back of the fridge that had been there for quite a while. There was also half a punnet of blackberries that were on the turn and needed using up. I didn’t want to waste any…
Pear
Even though in this part of the world September is still full-on summer, once pears make an appearance you know Autumn is on its way. The air is slightly cooler and crisper during the mornings and evenings; the weather has changed. Crisp – the very definition of Autumn. And what fruit could define the essence…
Autumn
Wet, windy Wednesday’s tropical storm (apparently the tail end of Hurricane Nadine) was the herald that Summer was over. Cloudless, cerulean blue skies turning to ghostly grey and the drop in temperature were the clues to make everyone assume that Autumn was on its way. Patio furniture and BBQ sets have been hidden away until…
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