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German Biscuits
Look! A recipe for German biscuits in the Waitrose Magazine last month! German biscuit is the pre-war name for Empire biscuits (‘German’ was considered unpatriotic). Never heard of an Empire biscuit? Read about my passion for this little known biscuit … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking
Tagged baking, Empire Biscuits, german biscuits, scotland, Waitrose magazine, WW1
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Nettles
Recently I’ve been feeling inspired about nettles. My Grandma used to nurture a patch at the bottom of her garden to deter burglars and Big Dreamer once made a really excellent nettle beer so their uses are many and varied. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged characters, chicken and nettle pie, children's illustration, Circus, cooking, country paths, fire-eater, illustration, nettle beer, nettle tea, nettles, roll-up
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Juggler
At the weekend we celebrated Burns night with a gathering of friends and family. I know we’re not in Scotland any more but it seems a nice way of remembering our time there and celebrating some of the things we … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Family and friends, Illustration
Tagged animation, Burns night, Burns Night Supper, carrot, Empire Biscuits, friendship, gravy, haggis, hospitality, illustration, juggler, neeps, Nigella Lawson, poetry, recipes, robert burns, scotland, Scottish, shortbread, stovies, swede, tatties, toddlers
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Autumn images
I have some lovely autumn images lingering in my mind as I settle down to work this morning. There was Little Owl dancing across the damp grass at the park in the near dusk on our way home from swimming. … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged apple crumble, apple rings, apples, autumn, autumn leaves, cookers, devon, dusk, early morning, eaters, golden, hidden door, illustration, images, light, old wall, orange, orchard, park, passenger ferry, red, swan
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Ploughing Match
Last Sunday a low mist swallowed up the end of our garden. Gradually the sun rose and burnt it away to reveal one of those perfect September days, sunny and fresh. We took the opportunity to attend a local ploughing … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Countryside
Tagged agricultural mechanisation, agriculture, countryside, devon, horse-drawn plough, illustration, ploughing match, shire horses, tractors
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Ella’s Kitchen
Even in the five years since Little Owl was born loads of ingenious little things have come onto the market to make parenting a small baby easier. With Little Owl I slaved over ice-cube trays of organic homemade baby food, … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged baby food, big baking book, children, Chunky Oat Cookies, cooking, Ella's Kitchen, healthy eating, illustration, kids, lunch box, parenting, recipes, Special Apple Biccies, weaning
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Porringer
We are firm devotees of porridge for breakfast in our house. In the past few weeks our porridge experience has been revolutionised by a porringer. Despite its name, a porringer isn’t just for making porridge in. It’s for all sorts … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged illustration, porridge, porridge drawer, porringer, scotland
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Cake and Pie
I haven’t done a recipe for a while, have I? These are two tasty ones we have tried recently. The fact that they are both from supermarket magazines sums up a lot about our lives at the moment – menu … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration, Making changes
Tagged Apple, apricot, hand written, illustration, leek, loaf, Mark Haddon, marmalade, Marmalade-glazed apricot loaf, Pie, poem, Sausage, sausage apple leek pie, Tesco magazine, The River Car, Waitrose magazine
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Empire Biscuits
This weekend we went along to the British Pipe Band Championships. Pipe bands are mostly found in Scotland but there are lots in other places with celtic connections. A band consists of the pipers (on bagpipes) and then the drummers … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Illustration
Tagged big bass drum, British Pipe Band Championships, dancing, drummers, empire biscuit, german biscuits, glace cherry, illustration, jam, jelly sweet, marching, moving, obsession, pipe bands, pipers, reels, scotland, Scottish, shortbread, world war 1
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