Cookwitch’s ‘How To Buy A Good Cauliflower’ guide

Or 'An Excuse to Post a Photo or Two.'The leaves of a cauliflower are its protection. They grow curled around the head and keep it shaded. The more white a cauliflower, the longer the leaves have been left on to protect it while it grows. This also helps to keep the flavour in. When you …

Continue reading Cookwitch’s ‘How To Buy A Good Cauliflower’ guide

The Cricketers, Clavering, Essex

There was a nasty rumour going around last month that The Cricketers had closed because Jamie Oliver's mum and dad had retired and Someone Else had taken over. This was a bit upsetting as it is a lovely place that we have visited a few times but huzzah! Hurrah! It turned out to be just …

Continue reading The Cricketers, Clavering, Essex

Red meat and me.

A few weeks ago I had a bit of a disaster cooking some steak. It turned out tough and it had no right to be so, as it was very, very good rib-eye from Westin Gourmet. I began to worry that I'd lost my steak cooking mojo. I managed to forget about it for a …

Continue reading Red meat and me.

Red and Black, Addiscombe.

I was actually going to go to bed about half an hour ago and then I started looking at the photos from my meal out on Friday. So now I'm hungry again despite eating the last of my brown rice and gammon bake.Lovely New Person (okay, Col from hereonin) and I had a weekend date …

Continue reading Red and Black, Addiscombe.

Le Garrick

The last time that I went out to an evening dinner with C it was to Acornhouse and we had a very good time indeed. http://cookwitch.blogspot.com/2010/11/acornhouse-restaurant-kings-cross.htmlLast Thursday, after an email conversation that went along the lines of "I have a hankering for French. Can you look at Open Table." and then a flurry of "Oooh …

Continue reading Le Garrick

I thank you, Mr Levi Roots.

For providing me with a very delicious dinner.It's cold and nasty out there and instead of being in East Croydon tonight as planned, I am at home in Essex because trains were running to here. I thought it would be easier to get to somewhere that the trains were going to as well. I'm clever …

Continue reading I thank you, Mr Levi Roots.