Mar 13 2009
Thank you Foodie Blogroll :-)
A big thank you to everyone at Foodie Blogroll and Jenn at the Leftover Queen for nominating me for this week’s Finest Foodie Friday top 5 food blogs.
This really is an honour, I’ve only been writing this blog a month or two and writing has proved to be a far better medicine for depression than any pills any doctor could ever find.
It is also great to be representing British food in all its diversity. I am really keen to find new ideas for posts, new recipes and so any help or suggestions my readers can offer will be welcomed. I’ve only just scratched the surface, there are so many interesting pots simmering around the UK that I am just longing to dip into.
For instance, this week Yasmin Alibhai-Brown has been reading her atmospheric and mouthwatering new book ‘A Settler’s Cookbook’ on BBC Radio 4. Her background is Ugandan Asian, people who came to the UK in the 1970’s when Idi Amin made their life impossible in East Africa. I’m hoping to get a copy of the book in the next couple of weeks and review here.
Then there are the ‘guerilla gardeners’. Around the UK, there are groups of people who have taken over little patches of publicly owned ground on roundabouts and roadsides to plant vegetables for their families and communities. There’s a story there to tell.
