Pappa al pomodoro. Serve in serried ceramic spoons for a truly Tuscan taste: We have been tempting you in recent weeks with some of the extra pleasures you’ll enjoy during…
In this blog in our series about the special food at the Watermill, we present a chocolate cake made without flour, from a recipe that originated in the island of…
It might have made more sense to call it arrosto (r0ast) or even arrostito (roasted), but the Italians call their delicious pot-roasted loin of pork aristà, tracing the name to…
Bronzino, perhaps the brightest Renaissance portrait painter, had a dull life when it came to panzanella. The trouble was, Columbus hadn’t discovered America yet. Panzanella is a traditional Tuscan salad,…
As well as inspired tuition, warm hospitality, beautiful accommodation and stunning locations, one of the extra pleasures you’ll enjoy on a Watermill creative course is the food. We offer you…
One of the extra pleasures you’ll enjoy on a Watermill creative course is the food. So, we have been serving up a series of blogs about some of the special…
You may remember that in a previous food blog, on tiramisù, we boasted about one of our longest-ever opening sentences: no fewer than 40 words. Today, we proudly present our…
Every wedding has one: the difficult-to-please guest, possibly a relative (a many-times-removed second cousin, perhaps) who criticises everyone and everything especially (and particularly if he/she is from the ‘groom’s ‘side’)…
One of the extra pleasures you’ll enjoy on a Watermill creative course is the food. As well as inspired tuition, warm hospitality, beautiful accommodation and stunning locations, we offer you…
It was said of the late Prime Minister of the UK, Harold Macmillan that he liked nothing better than taking a good trollop to bed. [I’m sorry I’ll type that…
Our girls have always loved this dish, and usually request it when they come to stay. It’s great for dinner parties because you can prepare it in advance right up…
Lois loves this dish because it just blips away while she’s doing other things in the kitchen, and then transforms from something merely hearty to something utterly delectable at the…