Yesterday, Deborah posted that horseradish has been named Herb Of The Year by the International Herb Association. I immediately took umbrage, as I do not consider horseradish to be a herb.  We all know that it is the root, not the leaves of the horseradish plant that are used. It’s not that I dislike horseradish; [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I have an announcement to make. Apparently the Herb of the Year for 2011 is (drum roll please) . . . horseradish! Yes, yes – many are called but few are chosen – and in the case of Herb of the Year, only one is chosen. I suppose that this means National [...]

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Tonight is Burns Night, the night when Scots the world over celebrate the birthday of the great poet Rabbie (Robert) Burns, he who gave us Auld Lang Syne and other great pieces of Scottish rhymery. The celebration takes the form of a dinner of several courses where haggis is the main event, many toasts are [...]

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I adore onions. Always have. In any form, in any context. Onions have made me cry with pleasure at the eating, but never with discomfort at the slicing thereof. You may note from my bio that onions were amongst the few foods that I- an especially finicky eater as a child- would tolerate in my [...]

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Comfort Food.  We all know what that means.  It’s a very personal thing, though most of us would agree that buttery mashed potato, a bar of chocolate, a steaming bowl of chicken soup or pizza from your favourite chain are perhaps the most obvious examples. Comfort food is what we turn to when we’re feeling [...]

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