11th August 2008

 
Welcome to my site - or welcome back if you've already checked it out. I'm putting up new content every week so keep visiting. 

We're in the midst of a great summer family visitation at the moment (Soph, Jordi and Marc from L'Escala, Ol en route from Chiapas to Ecuador). Ol's busy with pizzas and the wood-fired oven is blazing away. I'll be putting up some summer recipes that we've been tucking into. Everyone loves cooking (and my son-in-law Jordi is an ace at the sink) so it's all go in the kitchen.

Apricots are back in season (from the Valais, if I'm shopping in Switzerland, or Provence if in France) and I've just put up a batch for chutney - go to What's Cooking This Month for a recipe.

For news of recent wanderings in Switzerland, go to Travels & Tastings

In the Recipe Archive you'll find a bunch of recipes that appeared earlier on my site

For a selection of my articles on food, wine and travel - the ones that grew up and got published - go to the Travels and Tastings Archive

To find about more about me and/or my books, go to About Me and Books

And if you're heading for France on your wine travels this summer, visit www.winetravelguides.com - a practical online guide to France's vineyards which is a mine of info on the top growers in each of the main wine-growing regions, plus where to stay and where to eat - look for my sections on Alsace

Have fun - come back soon!

PS: those tasty figs in the banner are by artist Sara Studd. Go to her website to see more of her work.