Sybaritic Wanderings

 Gosh its been a while, and summer has passed (mainly in a damp whimper round here ). Anyway Ed at  Wordsmithing Pantagruel  decided on Mx...

It's autumn, so time for pie & stew & hearty warm meals that spend the afternoon cooking. With this in Mind (and slightly embar...

Soft shelled crab , a photo by anam_uk on Flickr. Oh I love soft-shelled crab, so when my fishmonger had a pile of them, well I just ha...

I was invited to compete in a Havana club rum competition, I originally got the wrong rum, thinking we were using the 5 or 7 yr old gol...

I don't really like vodka Martinis, they just aren't right. Now that's off my chest let's look at the advantage of the vodka...

You probably know Crème de cassis from the Kir & Kir Royale. You might be a Poirot fan and have tried drinking it on its own (its an exp...

So I might just be a hopeless romantic. Remember the Blue rose vodka ? Well I found a drink for it, taking inspiration from James Bond ....

Well its another  Mixology Monday  and this time the theme of Morning drinks has been chosen by  Kevin at the cocktail enthusiast . I we...

Last time I made mince pies  I vowed I was going to make my own mince meat & here it is (sort of) I used Delia's recipe  but I left...

I've a superabundance of sage & a sausage stuffer. So Lincolnshires (or as they are known in our house hippopotamus & duckweed)...