Grafting Queens.
No, not what you think. No royalty but helping the bees produce more new queens to keep the hives strong and active. The knack is to remove a very young larva about the size of a small grain of rice…
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Baking Blind Talk
Hear about my prizewinning international cooking tour, swap tips and discover some useful kitchen equipment at 1415 on Wednesday 28 September at the free Open Sight Eye Contact exhibition. The exhibition will be open 1000-1600 at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton. …
FURIOUS OF FAREHAM
I don’t often get incensed but was listening to a glibly naïve and patronising piece on the BBC Radio 4 “Today” programme about the million people who decided not to go back to work after Covid. They’re part of the…
Beekeeping isn’t all about honey
The sous-chef has just extracted his summer harvest from the hives. The trick is detailed preparation and delicate choreography: clearing bees from the honey boxes (known as supers), lifting wooden frames of sealed comb to a special tray for removing…
Free cooking demo
Summer vegetable free cooking demo 1030 Monday 8 August Turn those tomatoes, cucumbers and other bounty into ratatouille and gazpacho soup. Sign up for free at:
Blind Designer
Super-moist boiled fruit cake free demonstration 1030 Monday 11 July. Register at: Even blind people can design buildings: three house extensions, a house façade and an internal redesign to my name. I just need someone expert in the materials…
National and International Themes
Following publication of the globe-trotting recipe book www.pennymelville-brown.com I’ve been nominated for the National Diversity Awards (lifetime achievement) I can share this apparent accolade without boasting, confident that there’s no chance of winning. My nomination scraped in on the…
Reward for Great Escape.
The Baking Blind book www.pennymelvillebrown.com has some great chocolate recipes (the easiest French mousse; a wickedly indulgent Australian “mud cake”). Next week’s free on-line demo at 1030 Monday 13 June will star more naughtiness with a vegan chocolate cake and…
Platinum Jubilee Celebration with Friends, Family & Neighbours
It was a super long Bank Holiday weekend: a jazz afternoon at Catisfield Memorial Hall amongst many friends and neighbours for our community Jubilee event. A signed copy of my bookwww.pennymelvillebrown.com was an early prize in the tombola (apparently…
Chocolate treats
Calling all cooks (sighted or not). The next on-line demo on Monday 13 June at 1030 is wickedly featuring chocolate: a vegan cake and indulgent brownies. You can join us for free at: Facebook: Eventbrite: My guest that…