Agatha Christie's Greenway (Devon, England) - The House
I can think of two places that we visited where I enjoyed the house more than the gardens. The first was Greenway, not for the house itself, which was surprisingly small and cramped, but for the history behind it and the fascinating mementos on display. Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan were enthusiastic collectors. You can see their collections on display throughout the house - European and Oriental ceramics, pottery, African tribal masks, Egyptian artifacts, Tunbridge ware, china, trinkets, and books. The Morning Room has a portrait of Agatha Christie as a child and her doll Rosie, sitting in a chair - The Drawing Room was where the family would gather in the evenings. Christie would entertain guests by reading chapters from manuscripts of her latest books. Agatha Christie's bedroom. Max always slept on a smaller portable traveling cot (you can see part of it in the foreground). It was his favorite bed and he carried it with him on all of his archaeological travels. N...
Sounds like a simple yet tasty way to eat some of that summer bounty.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the recipe, Phillip. I'll have to give it a try sometime. Maybe this weekend if I can get my hands on some cherry maters from the farmers market :)
ReplyDeleteI'm another person who likes to grow tomatoes, but isn't as into eating them. that said, this recipe sounds amazing. I'll have to get my family on board and try it soon.
ReplyDeleteI roast Roma tomatoes somwhat like this and freeze them in plastic bags for soup and bruscetta in the winter. They are so yummy, they would make a great pasta topping.
ReplyDeletePhilip, I can taste that recipe! it is similar to a dish I have eaten in a restaurant and loved. Thanks! The fact is, I don't like most store-bought tomatoes. Homegrown ones have far superior flavor. We have just a few garden tomatoes left. We have recently pulled most of the tomato plants from the garden, as they were suffering from all the ravages of summer and were no longer producing. I will miss them.
ReplyDeleteYour recipe looks good, but I'm with Michael.
ReplyDeleteThis is how I eat a tomato: I walk outside and locate a tomato vine. Rub the leafs and inhale the aroma. Zero in on a ripe tomato. Release from vine. Take a bite. Repeat.
I will probably try it your way too :-)
Mmmm, delish! I've been making salsa with mine, and spaghetti sauce made with bacon instead of ground beef.
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, Your garden is lovely. I'm trying to convince my husband into moving to the PNW. How do you like it so far? I love cooler weather (I'm in Georgia, near Atlanta). The gardening is obviously fantastic but you always have a beautiful garden no matter where you are, lol. Thanks for sharing it with us.
ReplyDeleteAnne, I love it here and the weather is the best part. I like so many other things. It is so different from the South.
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