Gossiscope

This punchy chopped salad of soaked and torn stale bread, onions and tomatoes dressed in olive oil and vinegar has many variations – but how will you make yours? “There is too much ambiguity in that terrible adjective, ‘true’, that would brand as false any variation, any inventiveness and departure from the rule.” This quote […]

A prolific fig harvest calls for classically delicate recipes The leaves wave in the breeze, like giant’s hands, beckoning. “The figs are ready.” I have spent much of this summer up a ladder, stretching to grab the constantly ripening fruits. Those teasingly out of reach fall days later, splattering the terrace with their sticky red […]