Author Archives: lardersaga

About lardersaga

Joanna Preston is mother of the 'little people', 1 pink and 1 blue, and wife to saintly Mr.Patience! After a decade dedicated to cooking for others (Alps, Africa and founding 'Sugar & Spice') my attention is now solely in the home kitchen. We are a food obsessed family that adore growing, sourcing and cooking delectable feasts for friends and family!

Summer loving…..

Posted on July 4, 2014 by lardersaga

Salad days are here and I can’t help but tingle with excitement as I walk out into the garden to see what little delicacies I can harvest. This is fast ‘food to table’ eating,  it is a little ad hoc … Continue reading →

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White Peach and Chargrilled Asparagus Salad with elderflower dressing

Posted on June 20, 2014 by lardersaga

Given that we are half way through June it suddenly dawned on me that 2014 has been marching on with some pace. Summer is unquestionably here, the sun is even shining, 6 months have rocketed past and I am reminded … Continue reading →

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A Princess Party

Posted on May 28, 2014 by lardersaga

It was always going to be a ‘Princess Party’ but the rendition of ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ was above and beyond the ‘Pink ones’ wildest dreams. The stage was set, the sun shone, the tent erected and bunting hung. Low and … Continue reading →

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Curly Wurly Cake

Posted on May 9, 2014 by lardersaga

‘Let them eat cake’ . That’s all jolly well but where’s the choice? If I was lucky enough to have one it would have to be the ‘Curly Wurly’ cake! For the love of cake this is supremely delicious and … Continue reading →

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Shakshuka – alternative eggs!

Posted on April 28, 2014 by lardersaga

It’s an ‘egg’ time of year. One thing we are really long on is ‘Easter’ eggs, no surprises there, and ‘hens’ eggs. Exactly a year ago Mr.P in his wisdom generously gave me 1 cockerel and 8 hens, thankfully we … Continue reading →

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The humble cauliflower

Posted on March 26, 2014 by lardersaga

Spring is in the air, not just in the air it feels like it is here to stay, hallelujah; everybody is happy; the birds are singing, flowers are radiant and the trees weighed down with meringue style blossom. Some days … Continue reading →

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‘Tartiflette’ territory – Boys food !?!

Posted on March 21, 2014 by lardersaga

Last week we did a bunk, well the ‘little people’ and I did, we skipped school and extremely cheekily headed off to the alps for a spot of spring snow, sunshine and skiing. It was glorious. The little people adored … Continue reading →

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Friday fish

Posted on March 7, 2014 by lardersaga

As you may or may not have seen I have started contributing on a fairly regular basis to the awesome ‘mybaba’ blog. It is mainly ‘little people’ focused with the occasional ‘grown up’ recipe thrown in for everyone’s sanity. The … Continue reading →

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Girly food

Posted on February 25, 2014 by lardersaga

A quick trip to the Natural History Museum led the ‘pink one’ and myself past the greengrocer on Chelsea Green, ‘Andreas’. He (if there is a he) really does have the most wonderful array of fruit and vegetables and a … Continue reading →

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The butchers of Blackberry

Posted on February 18, 2014 by lardersaga

Rain, wind and floods, nothing was going to stop the home team of butchers tackling the carcass that was presented to them on Saturday. One of our lambs from last year had made a visit to the grim reaper and … Continue reading →

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