English strawberries have been very good this year with an intense characteristic sweetness and a medley of subtle flavour changes in the eating, from first bite through mastication, so I thought I’d try a strawberry biscuit. Now, I’ve never quite understood the notion of strawberry shortcake as both biscuit and fruit seem a bit too unyielding […]

  Although June has not been as lovely as we would wish it, the long light evenings have been particularly pleasant and permitted prolonged embroidery sessions. Rain has come mainly at night and although there has not been enough to satisfy the farmers, the crops are beginning to look impressive to the naive, i.e. me […]