As you've possibly noticed I haven't posted for a couple of months, this is due to being very busy followed by general apathy!
With unseasonal mildness until two weeks ago we've not needed the woodburners on, but with the cold snap they've been working hard keeping us warm. It's so much more satisfying sitting around a flickering fire, than huddling around a radiator! plus there is always the opportunity for roasting chestnuts and cooking jacket potatoes (wrapped in tin foil) in the ashes.
With the first hard frosts we've been able to dig up some of the parsnips, always a joy in the dark days of winter. I find nothing more comforting than a bowl of curried parsnip soup and hunk of fresh baked bread after a dark day at work.
This month I'm on a hunt for a North African maize flat-bread recipe that tastes like the lovely bread I used to eat as a child in Tunisia. I've never found a recipe that quite lives up to my memories, though I've been ferreting out a few over the past couple of months and hopefully the holidays will give time to experiment.
