Category Archives: Food

The secret garden

Posted on December 27, 2013 by bookvolunteer

I’ll give you a glimpse of Tegfan’s secret garden. To find it, you have to leave the house and walk down the lane. It’s not far but it’s very secret. You can see the garden in this photo because the … Continue reading →

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What to do with all that seaweed

Posted on December 13, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Personally, I don’t do much with seaweed, but I’ve been given a couple of good ideas in Dinas. The first suggestion came from a man who was pushing a wheel barrow full of seaweed up from Aberfforest beach. He told … Continue reading →

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Pembrokeshire for epicures and sybarites

Posted on November 19, 2013 by bookvolunteer

If you’re the kind of person who marks the third Thursday in November with a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau, looks forward to enjoying wild game birds from the Scottish moors in September and the first daffodils from Cornwall in January … Continue reading →

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How well do you know your cawl spoons? (A quiz)

Posted on November 15, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Cawl (more of that another time) was traditionally eaten with a wooden spoon. If, like me, you don’t fancy the idea of eating soup from the sort of wooden spoon you might use for stirring cake mixture, let me assure … Continue reading →

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The village shops

Posted on October 11, 2013 by bookvolunteer

If your preparation for a self catering holiday at Tegfan involves tracking down the nearest Tesco and putting in your normal order plus some extras, please pause for a moment. There is an alternative to consider. Driving along Feidr Fawr … Continue reading →

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Welsh Cakes on a planc (or How many Joneses can you fit into one publishing house?)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by bookvolunteer

Bobby Freeman, the author of this little book* and many others, has run a restaurant in Fishguard and knows all about the cooking of West Wales. Here is her recipe for Welsh Cakes (Pice ar y maen) which need to … Continue reading →

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