LAURIE ROCKENBECK
My personal and random blog
Yummy Summer Pea Soup
The question, "what's in the broth?" could be asked in any number of tones of voice in my household these days. Sometimes it is laced with the suspicious nervousness of a wary eight year old. At other times, like tonight when I served this amazing soup for dinner,...
The Best Ever Summer Salad
Bill first found this recipe in Christopher Kimball's Yellow Farmhouse Cookbook. I take no credit for the yumminess to be found other than that I actually do all the shopping and chopping. One of the things that I love about this salad is it's "naturally vegan." What...
Camden Market
I'd heard of Camden Market, but never come before. When I was here as a student, we had zone 1 tube passes, and the market is in zone 2. Also, I didn't really have much money or free time to spend, and I tended toward spending time in the theaters when I was free. (I...
At The Talbot
The Talbot Hotel in Stourbridge is old. It was first built in the 1600's and expanded, remodeled and updated constantly since. The room we are in is known as "the family room" because it has a double bed and two twin beds--an ideal set up for people traveling with two...
Veg in Ireland
Maybe it was the clearly labeled gluten- free oatmeal on the shelf as we walked into The Phoenix B&B near Castlemaine, or perhaps it was the delicious savory smell of veggies simmering in garlic, or it could have been the Lazure-like paint on the walls that made...
Irish Anniversary
As we read through the local tourist guide for the Dingle area, the ruins of Kilmalkedar caught my eye. The church ruins date back to the 12th century. In front of the church is an Ogham stone (picture below) with a hole in the top of it. The guide book said that a...
Recent Comments