About Me
Becky a 30 something old Brit , living in Nottingham,UK, Though this blog and I started our lives in Bristol.
I love to cook with seasonal fresh and often wild ingredients from foraged ingredients from the city and country.
If you like what you see or have some suggestions please send me an email at beckayork@gmail.com or leave a comment on my blog
Category Archives: July
Honey and Raspberry Semifreddo
Prior to my pregnancy I didn’t really like ice cream, I aways felt a bit to creamy and I preferred sorbet or an ice lolly but since getting pregnant I am happily obsessed with ice cream. Taking every opportunity to … Continue reading
Seared Salmon with Runner Beans dressed with Horseradish , Garlic and Lemon.
Walking along the canal bank the other day I spotted some Horseradish growing , it looks a little like dock leaves , but there is a distinctive corkscrew twist to the leaves. I popped back to the house to get … Continue reading
Posted in Fish, July, Summer, Vegetables and Fruit, Vegetarian
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Blackberry Yogurt Cake
Recently I found a second-hand copy of , “The Man Who Ate Everything” by Jeffrey Steingarten, a collection of essays from 90s written by the former Vogue Food Critic. In one essay on ripeness of fruit, I learnt that dessert … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Desserts, Cakes and Biscuits, July, Season, Wild Food
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Courgette and Pea Fritters
I cannot visit my in-laws this time of year without coming away with a tonne of homegrown goodies. They are on daily Courgette Patrol, necessary to assure no unattended courgettes sneakily achieve marrow status . So we left with a … Continue reading
Posted in July, Salads, Summer, Vegetables and Fruit
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Strawberry Teas, Tarts, Pavlovas and Scones
My Mum is an amazing cook, she was also until recently a full time family doctor . When I was little she often worked Saturdays and would buy me and my little brother cakes on the way home. In summer … Continue reading
Blackcurrant and Sloe Gin Sorbet
This week a very nice researcher from BBC Nottingham sent me a message , they were doing a piece on foraging and she wondered if I was able to show her some spots in Nottingham that day, where wild berries … Continue reading
Posted in Desserts, Cakes and Biscuits, July, Salads, Summer, Wild Food
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Homemade Raspberry Vinegar on Goats Cheese Salad and with Strawberries and Black Pepper
Summer berries and currants are now in season. We don’t have any fruit bushes in the garden but wandering along the canal bank yesterday I was really happy to see a few straggly raspberry plants. The fruits were very small … Continue reading
Sea Bass with Fennel , Broad Beans & New Potato Salad Dressed with Mint and Parsley
I am determined to master filleting fish, it’s one of those skills that once mastered makes you look wholly professional. Thanks to You Tube I can now make a passable effort but I am still too stabby with the knife. … Continue reading
Posted in Fish, July, June, Salads, Summer, Vegetables and Fruit, Vegetarian
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Warm Thai Chicken Salad
15 years ago I ate my first Thai food in a restaurant called Bankok round the corner from my house in Bristol. I was a still a teenager and my mum had taken me for dinner The menu was the … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken, July, Pasta and Noodles, Pork, Salads, Summer
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Apricot Tart Tatin
The greengrocers was selling massive boxes of perfectly ripe Apricots. I was seduced by their intoxicating scent and colour, pale orange with just a blush of pink and tasty globular sunset. I know I bang on about seasonal and local … Continue reading
Posted in July, Summer, Wild Food
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