Posts by Maryterry

ciao tutti!  Tuesday are on the Hill and there’a bit to the wind.   The Little Cellar Rat came across these mango leaves during a raking session in the garden earlier this week. In the topsy-turvy world of CV 19,  the cycle of the seasons provides a stability and constancy.  Once green and shiny they…

ciao tutti! How are all the Working From Homers and Schooling from Homers faring? there’s a chilly wind blowing here today on The Hill. A change of pace: time for an Italian idiom based on food. In English we say ‘ That wasn’t my idea!;..the Italians don’t miss an opportunity to bring food into the…

It’s a glorious May morning here on the Hill. HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOTHERS, including those who aren’t our biological mothers but who ‘mother, nature and care’ for us, especially those wonderful aunts.

Ciao tuttti! It’s Saturday, the Weekend. What’s lined up for the tribe at your place? TLCR is calling today’s post ‘Waste not, Want not’ or ‘Good to the last drop’ Take your pick. It was standard practice in previous generations and has been in ours. Get the kids on board and see how much is…

ciao tutti! It’s Friday. You’ve made it to today. Lunch has to be something very unfussy, quick, easy and tasty. Try saying avocado on toast + grated tasty cheese + slices of ripe tomato. Bless with S and P. delizioso!! It even ticks the ‘nutritious’ box. That was lunch today for TLCR. The avocados? Gorgeous…

Pumpkin scones using GF flour. buon appetito!

This beautifully textured Kent pumpkin was delicious roasted, skin on for easy prep AND steamed made for some really tasty GF pumpkin scones. Pumpkin Soup with a touch of chilli and nutmeg will be on the menu today. buona cucina!

ciao tutti! With the re-calibrating that CV19 means for all of us on the planet, having a go at growing your own fruit and vegetables looks to be up there at the top of the list. The Little Cellar Rat has not dabbled in growing pumpkins before, but a vine came up in compost taken…

ciao tutti…. It’s Saturday and doesn’t that word have a wondrous sound to it. Beautiful thin-skinned Meyer lemons are festooning trees in local gardens and the little Cellar Rat’s thoughts turn to LEMON DELICIOUS, that unpretentious but utterly delicious pudding from days when the wood stove produced amazing roast dinners and no-one would think of…