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Courgette gluts, books, and food events
Everything I discussed during my food slot on yesterday’s Suffolk Sounds Radio show with host Karen Cannard (06/08/2025). You can listen again until Wednesday, August 13th. This post is too long for email; you’ll need to click on the link to read it all. The book
Greece, tomatoes.... AGAIN
Rain at last. I woke at six and went into the garden to see my plants looking…erect. They've been so slumped, like bored teenagers in a hot stuffy classroom but now they seem happier and fresher. The tap water in Suffolk is very hard, filled with calcium
Santorini's Tomato Industry
I’m working on a longer piece about Queer Food, a new book by but wanted to say a quick ‘hi’ and tell you about some of the things I have been up to. This post is too long for email and you will have to click on the link
A wonderful single-subject cookbook about roti!
One for lovers of detailed single-subject cookbooks! "Roti kha kar jaana- if asked for a phrase that encapsulates the era I grew up in, I would quote this one. Unpretentious, earthy and direct, as an invitation to"stay and eat with us", it captures the warm sociability
Joyful reading
A quick roundup of my recent reading
Seasonal Rereads
What books do you return to in Spring?
Pin Mill
A day on Suffolk's plashy coastline
God's Kitchels
Where a mayor hurls pastries at kids
A Visit to the Food Museum's School Dinners Exhibition
What do you remember about your school dinners?
Fried Barley & Wild Garlic with Spiced Brown Butter
For ages now, I’ve wanted to add a recipe series to this newsletter for the recipes that didn’t make it to my monthly column for Suffolk News and those that languish, unloved, on my old (locked) Wordpress site.