Supper with D H Lawrence Sponsor Michael Bell Edgbaston Golf Club Thursday 28th October 2021 Our sponsor for the evening was Michael Bell, Professor Emeritus in English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. Michael has a special interest in Lawrence and was well placed to sponsor a very special ‘live’ evening, albeit…
Fish Sauce at the Roman Table Date: Saturday 12th March 2021 Venue: via Zoom Sponsor: Sally Grainger assisted by Dr Christopher Grocock Bucklanders gathered, via the use of 21st century technology, to study one of the lesser appreciated wonders of the ancient world of the Roman empire. On this occasion the hard grafting was done…
Palestinian Cook-along from Gaza Date: Sunday 17th January 2021 Venue: via Zoom Sponsor: Reem Abuwaarda Upwards of thirty-five members, plus assorted family & friends, gathered online for the Club’s second zoom cook-along. Our sponsor & mentor was Reem Abuwaarda who was taking an enforced break, due to Covid-19 restrictions, from running the highly respected Cafe…
Our little grey cells have been given a festive workout, and the results are in… two members successfully completed our Hon. Secretary’s fiendish competition with the winners being decided by the toss of a coin. Congratulations are due to Chris Draysey, who has been awarded first prize of a magnum of Chateau Noaillac, Cru Bourgeois,…
Saturday 10th October 2020 Venue: On Line Sponsor: Lajina Masala Cookery Masterclass via Zoom With the country still in the grips of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic an autumn dinner was always unlikely. Bucklanders are a hardy bunch, but rarely foolhardy, so an alternative arrangement was required. This materialised in the persona of Lajina Masala a…
By Hazel Riggall 25 weeks in and counting …. Six months on from those chilling headlines, ‘Covid-19 confirmed as a pandemic’ and news of our first isolated cases in the UK, where are we now with the ‘new normal’? The pace of life has for the most part slowed down for me, after the frantic…
By Andrew P. Morris & Roger Hale Any Port … (Part 1) By Andrew Occasionally life produces moments of rare good fortune. Not so much some sort of humungous lottery win, but a far more modest affair. Something, well, nice. Something unexpected. Whilst moving house, recently, a bottle of dusty port, that had been…
By Christopher Firmstone A Brillat-Savarin Dinner, held at The Staff House of the University of Birmingham in October 1972, was the first dinner I attended as a member of the Buckland Club. The welcome was warm and the conversation flowed, as did the aperitif we were offered on arrival, which was served in capacious glass tumblers..…
By Hazel Riggall An Updated Family Favourite 2lb loaf tin with liner or well-greased tin, dusted lightly with rice flour /ground rice Oven 160° Fan Ingredients 180g butter 150g golden caster sugar 3 large eggs 60g ground almonds 120g rice flour or ground rice grated zest of 1 large orange 30g finely chopped candied orange…
Two months that changed the UK and me By Hazel Riggall Two months ago, it was an ordinary Friday morning and I was working as a volunteer for my local foodbank, just a ten-minute walk away from my home. The fact that it was Friday 13th, barely even registered as we started to take social…