Mothers day photo diary

There is some thing very wonderful about the rich glossiness of roasted beetroot don’t you think? I love cooking with beetroot so for our family Mothers day fuddle I got inspired by a photo on Pintrest to devise this yummy tart tatin and it was proper nice even if I do say so my self! Also check out the amazing flowers I got from Lesley at Rainbow flowers they are out of this world !  

 

Assignment for Pop up Nottingham

Click on me to link to the Pop Up Notts artical

You may have read this post (if you follow me on face book you may have) but just wanted to share this with you. Also check out Pop up Nottingham (which is who I wrote the post for) some interesting events going on.

P.S. I promise to stop using this photo!

 

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You want to see what went down my yard this weekend?

The menu

pita at dawn

first course

Bloody Valentine cocktails in the drawing room!!!

keep your eyes peeled for the next event
xbx

Word from the Underground

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You may have been aware that I’m making moves to formalise my Pop up restaurant/cafe, and I am trying to find some different venues around Nottingham, to hold my events, as well as find a unit or venue in which to cook from.

So the purpose of this post is really to see if you my Undergrounders know of any interesting and exciting venues in your local areas, that may be adaptable for a pop up restaurant, whether it be a cute community centre, an old shop, a café that’s not open in the evening, or a pub that no longer uses there kitchen or even a house, barn or out building. As long as it’s interesting and as long as I can some how cook and serve food (essentially it needs running water and electricity near by) I’m up for it.

So I’d be grateful if you could put your heads together for me, and send me an email if you think of any thing, and I’ll get doing more pop ups and so you can eat more scrummy food.

Many thanks

XBX

info@nottsunderground.co.uk

Feb's Top 5

This month I started at the Hive its really interesting being back in a Uni environment. This got me thinking about the good old days at Uni and I hoiked out some old sketch books. I started reading and gradually all this art theory about the placement and value of objects came back to me.

So this month I’ve done some shots of my favourite things of this month I hope you like it because I’m going to do it every month!!!!

Honest words:

I was 21 and I climbed a REALLY big mountain in Canada with this mad man. I cursed all the way to the top and when I reached the top I remember having this complete moment of calm, every little bit of my life made sense for one second (then I had to climb back down!). Since then there are very few things that can recreate that feeling but not to sound to cheesy King Creosote and Jon Hopkins gig on Tuesday night did this. I was mesmerised and bewitched by Jon Hopkin’s instromentship (I think I made that word up) and Kenny Anderson’s beautiful voice. Even the most hectic of days could not take my mind of this gig.

Go and buy this album its beautiful.

The fish slice of wonder:

I broke my fish slice 6 months ago and have found it hard to replace. It has to be suitable for none stick pans, have the correct bendiness but also enough rigidity to flip and egg easy over and quite frankly this is hard to find. But IKEA have solved the problem and now I can fry my eggs easy over with out popping them (thank the lord!).

Soda Bread:

Easy, quick and good for you. I’m trying to sort my diet out and eat more breakfast, so seeded soda bread is my savior. With soup, stew or honey it’s all good!

Honey that money can’t buy:

I like honey but I don’t love it, until now! Honey that money can’t buy, was a gift from the talented Alison at Every day Angels. You have never tried honey until you have tried this honey! Amazingly complex flavor,(like wine) it had had subtle floral tones and some thing of the freshly cut grass about it.

Finally the pot that went wrong!

The other day I was in a bit of a daze and glazed my earthenware pot with a stoneware glaze usually I would be gutted but I really like the finish. I think I’m going to hang it up in my new house!

Thanks Dad

So this month I am dedicating a recipe to my dad. It’s the anniversary of his death on Wednesday so I thought it would be appropriate to thank him this month! My dad loved cooking (and drinking at the same time) and he was a bloody good cook even thought the kitchen looked like a bomb had hit it. I have fond memories of our holidays in France where my dad and Jed spent the whole day making 2 massive fragrant pots of muscles, listening to the Stones and drinking those little bottles of beer. I also specifically remember counting 4 boxes of empty bottles after that day! So this month it’s a simple recipe (I don’t want to get the kitchen in too much of a mess!).

The fried egg sarnie. My Mum worked on Saturday and this left my dad in charge of entertaining us. I distinctly remember days spent out in the garden messing about whilst my dad did DIY. Simple food was there for on the cards: bacon sarnies, fish and chips fish fingers but my favourite was fried egg sarnie. Oddly I had forgotten about the joy of a fried egg sarnie, until I met Simon, who taught me how to fry an egg easy over there for eliminating the snotty white but still enabling you to have a runny yolk.

My Saturday treat is a fried egg, fried in butter and some times lightly spiced (inspired buy the book “The bookseller of Kabul”) in-between 2 slices of home made ciabatta bread! Yum.

 

The older I get the more I realise how influential my up bringing has been and as sad and sentimental as it may sound how lucky I was to have such wonderful and inspiring (and slightly bonkers) parents. So thanks Dad for inspiring me, giving me the genetics to be creative, messy and to compulsively hoard especially coffee and tea pots (I knew they would come in handy one day!).

Photo Diary

Some of you know the Bee Lady, she makes wonderous handmade bags and purses lined with vintage reclaimed materials (see the photos). Bee Lady’s company: Bee’s Make Honey is inspired by her love of the 70’s, this is defiantly reflected in her amazing house, there is no way you can miss that she was a child of the 70’s.

With that in mind she decided to host a 70’s style pop up in her amazing home. Here are some photos of the event (I think you will like having a sneak peek into Bee Lady’s house!).

the bee ladies hall way with Peters lovely bench

before the event

beautiful vintage orange glasses

it's all about the lava

who is this groovey lady!

check those specks!

1st course hot grapefruit (its nice really!)

stroganoff for main

poached pear in bee lady's lovely vitage cups!

who are those grovey geography teachers!

it's all about the Mateus!

check Bee lady's sexy vintage dress!

some of Bee Lady's beautiful bags on husband Peters prpper nice bench.

you got to love this phone!

 

As you may have noticed the valentine pop up is FULL! But keep your eyes peeled for the next one!