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Well, summer has been and gone and we haven’t even got to mid-summer yet! I’m only slightly concerned that this summer will be yet another wash out. I like to get out and about and won’t let a bit of lashing rain and wind stop me. Anyway, hard landscaping continues in the garden… Slow but […]

Well, summer has arrived and Bank Holiday weekend was a scorcher (highly unusual)! Of course I got caught out at breakfast on Bank Holiday Monday and got a little bit too much sun. Let’s hope that the good Bank Holiday weather bodes well for the rest of summer. Hard landscaping continues in the garden but […]

I hope you are well and enjoying your Bank Holiday weekend! It promises to be great weather here (very unusual for a Bank Holiday!). Having done lots (and lots) of very satisfying recipe development I got stuck into a bit of painting (doors not canvases) and now patio laying… Phew! This week on FriFran I […]

Hello ! I hope you are well and enjoying your weekend! Following lots of work to develop summer recipes I’m well on the way to some wonderful summer recipes ideas… ‘Gardening’ has been sidetracked by the weird, very wet, weather and a broken boiler… This week on FriFran I have published…. Asparagus is in-season and […]

I hope you well and enjoying your weekend! The weather is perking up here and so, I have been hard at work developing recipes for the summer… And ‘gardening’, or rather, hard landscaping and paint-stripping… Another story for when I am not still mad about people who paint perfectly good brick walls! This week on […]

Hello ! I hope you are well and enjoying your weekend! I feel some cooking coming on… This week on FriFran we have published…. We have published the May Seasonal Produce Roundup a review of all the seasonal produce you will find in your local (UK – and most of the northern hemisphere) markets this […]

Hello ! I hope you are well and enjoying the very peculiar spring weather! I can’t wait for summer – I hope we actually get a good summer this year. We have been super busy at FriFran getting the ball rolling on lots of things so with no more to do let’s tell you all […]