Labneh with Lemon Balm, Wild Garlic & Mint

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Every Wednesday night, at around 8 o’clock, The Mother-in-Law’s House becomes a centre for yoga practice for the friends, lovers and key-holders of milady’s manor. The Husband and I retreat downstairs after wrestling cuddling the children to sleep, and then empty the living room of all signs of daytime life. The Mother-in-Law hoovers, I make […]

Lemony Golden Beetroot with Lentils, Feta & Herbs

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Last week I made the biggest dinner of my life. After twenty-four hours of whisking, simmering and baking under the rafters of Bristol’s oldest synagogue – and in a kitchen that at times felt like it too had been put together by the fair hands of a Victorian chippy – I hosted the first Shabbat […]

Spring Rolls

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It has been a testing time at The Mother-in-Law’s House.  My funny, bright and beautiful daughter had her fourth birthday; a time that inspires a mother with bountiful joy and endless happy, watery memories of her child’s wonderful beginnings on this earth.  And yet whilst I was icing her NOT-PINK cake, and wrapping her NOT-PINK […]

Zhoug

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The Mother-in-Law’s House was transformed into Grand Central Station this week, with the arrival and now imminent departure of Sally and her family.  If the internet were made of paper, you would see the tear drop stains on this page. I first met Sally a year ago at shul in Bristol, where she and her […]

Heirloom Tomato, Onion and Herb Salad

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When I recently returned from Mallorca – with the irrepressible desire to recreate Catalan bread and the unforgettable image of ‘Banana Hammock’ etched on my noggin – I desperately needed to find a ripe bull’s heart or beef tomato.  My expedition was close to being fruitless (ha!) until I had the smart idea to gatecrash […]

Watermelon, Feta and Herb Salad

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I do profess to waxing lyrical (mostly to myself, mind you) about cooking local and seasonal but sometimes my desire gets the better of me and my good intentions, and I go and buy an exotic fruit that’s been flown in on a jumbo jet or sailed in on a massive ship.  I consoled myself […]