Maggie's Kitchen Essentials
February 14 2017 Maggie’s favourites
Want to know what kitchen essentials Maggie can't live without? Then keep on reading.... Read the rest...
Maggie’s Kitchen Diary
Share Your Table On Valentine's Day
February 11 2017 Food wise
Keeping things simple and seasonal is perhaps easiest of all with Summertime produce, so the following menu suggestion is about beautiful ingredients, prepared in a way that may not be everyday fare, to lend that special celebratory feeling to your Valentine's Day. Read the rest...
Food Wise: Summer Berries
February 08 2017 Food wise
When we bought our cottage nearly 20 years ago, one of its most endearing aspects was the maze of strawberry plants, growing wild in all sorts of nooks and crannies around the property. I have always adored wandering around the yard, pinching strawberries, still warm from the sun, to pop in my mouth as I tend to the garden. Left to ripen on the bush and eaten without refrigeration there is no better way to welcome the warm weather than with strawberries. Read the rest...
Pear Trifle
February 03 2017 Food wise
I have loved trifle ever since I was a child. Was it being able to eat right down to the bottom of the bowl where I’d find the sherry-soaked cake, or was it the jelly and the fruit? Whatever it was, I have never tired of eating trifle. This version is a bit fancy, I grant, you, but it’s easily within the province of the home cook. It can be a wonderful way to use leftovers too, or sit with equal splendour on the table for a special occasion. -MB Read the rest...
Holiday time
January 29 2017 Food wise
Holidays are all about relaxing from the moment I walk in the door of our beach house. It’s about having time to go for a walk every morning, reading lots of books, listening to music, swimming, of course, and lovely, simple meals accompanied by beautiful wine. Holidays at the beach should be just that - holidays. -MB Read the rest...
