When I visited Charleston last year with the British Guild of Travel Writers, one of the highlights was eating grits. I grew up with grits. My Aunt Sara made delicious cheese ones that my cousin and I would eat at their kitchen table. What are grits? / What is grits? On my trip, as aContinue reading “A delicious easy cheesy grits recipe from the South”
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A very British family meal: Kedgeree
One of the unexpected pleasures of moving to London has been eating British food. Cue jokes about deep fried Mars bars and grey boiled meat, but the truth is that I’ve discovered not just new dishes but an appreciation for particularly British delights. One of our favourite weekly meals is kedgeree, thought to be broughtContinue reading “A very British family meal: Kedgeree”
The tastiest sausages for Christmas
A few weeks ago a woman arrived at my door with a big box of meat. I wish this kind of thing happened more often, frankly, especially when the meat comes from a place like Todenham Manor Farm. The story behind Todenham Manor Farm is lovely, if a bit odd. Irayne was a London mumContinue reading “The tastiest sausages for Christmas”
Thanksgiving: it’s not the same for expats
Don’t tell me you don’t know what today is! It’s just the biggest holiday in America outside of the gloriously commercial three months of Christmas. What – you don’t know? Well, me neither. Since moving to England, I’ve found that the fourth Thursday in November comes round just like the first, second and third onesContinue reading “Thanksgiving: it’s not the same for expats”