Oh god, I haven’t even talked about salting eggplants …that old chestnut …
Sorrel is lemony-fresh and a few leaves added to a salad give a tart refreshing burst.
Sultanas add sweet and juicy pops of flavour to dishes.
Letting some fennel plants go to seed, (accidentally or on purpose), will ensure you have fresh fennel seeds to use in dishes.
Crêpes 101, everything you need to know.
Don’t despair if your first attempts produce holey shredded dough (mine did!) because with a little practice you’ll soon be turning out silky smooth sheets of pasta like a pro.
Though it seems just like yesterday, it was in fact 40 years ago that I spent a week walking the hills of Crete.
A striking memory is the aromatic scents that rose all around us as we crushed wild thyme and oregano underfoot. The oregano was ‘rigani’, origanum vulgare (hirtum). Bit of a gob-full, I suppose, but the last name (hirtum) is pretty important.
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