Pearl barley salad

Summer, summer, summer, rolling before me in reels of golden sunshine that smell of freedom. Last week, whilst sitting at my desk with dusk drawing in far too quickly, I drew up a mental list of everything I would do after exams. In an atmosphere where even cooking dinner felt like a guilty pleasure, IContinue reading “Pearl barley salad”

A Middle Eastern Salad

  A few days ago I found myself engrossed in Nigel Slater’s book, Fast Food. I wasn’t simply skimming the pages, I was lingering over every description. when he writes about the simple joy of a platter full of Medjool dates, plump figs, and polished hazelnuts he isn’t telling me how to make a dessert, he’s telling me a story. IContinue reading “A Middle Eastern Salad”