Thirty Beautiful Breakfasts

a month of mindfulness in the kitchen

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07 Aug

Winter Breakfast #28

I have given up drinking coffee. It was a decision prompted by the realisation that a substance that leaves me with a nasty nagging headache within forty-eight hours of my last…

31 Jul

Winter Breakfast #27

It’s only the end of July and I’m already looking forward to quince blossom. And when the blossom appears I will be looking forward to the amazing, golden fruit. I planted the first…

26 Jul

Winter Breakfast #26

Each midwinter, the old almond trees that persist behind the petrol station near my house are the first to put out blossom. Ever since I moved here I’ve learned to keep an…

25 Jul

Winter Breakfast #25

For a writer, a plate with a love story written on it is irresistible, and judging by the number of Willow Pattern plates still in use, plenty of other people…

23 Jul

Winter Breakfast #24

Whenever I stand stirring porridge I think of the constellation of Orion, that homely, saucepan-shaped arrangement of stars whose base lies along an imaginary line known as the celestial equator. As…

22 Jul

Winter Breakfast #23

Yorkshire Fat Rascals. I was given the recipe many years ago on the Isle of Man and finally got around to making a batch. They’re more trouble than I would…

21 Jul

Winter Breakfast #22

This blog has not been much concerned with recipes, but here is one you must write down – it’s Irish Soda Bread, with a dash of treacle. Heaven when eaten warm…

20 Jul

Winter Breakfast #21

When I lived away from home for a long time, I was beset by food cravings. Following a visit, my luggage would be wildly overweight with emergency rations of all those things…

19 Jul

Winter Breakfast #20

There are only two things to know about making muffins. The first is that the mixture should not be over-stirred; it should look coarse and rather lumpy. The second is that…

18 Jul

Winter Breakfast #19

Following yesterday’s sugar overload, I wanted to make something fresh and fast and healthy. So this morning’s breakfast consists of love and a punnet of strawberries. The berries are out…

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