She held back a thick blanket covering an arched entrance, and we entered a large, tiled country kitchen, delighted to breathe in the homey, spicy aroma that wafted toward us.
I say that a homemade sweet treat, something wrought from your own kitchen, will delight anyone lucky enough to receive it.
Verdict: The organic basket put together for the kitchen was a delight, as it included 30 staple items, all for 3,500 rupees ($64).
And Oxford's restaurants are underrated: the excellent Jacobs Inn in Wolvercote and the Turl Street Kitchen – a localvore delight in the city centre – attract locals rather than tourists.
Here, then, are a dozen of the summer season's most interesting new cookbooks, run through an almost average home kitchen to the delight and occasional dismay of an American family, species Brooklynus insatiabilis.
Piccante is a kind of inner-northern wonderland: waiters in fedoras, a giant chess set and a tiny door into the kitchen of unearthly delights.
Getting back to the kitchen, does Mr. Baghdadi delight in the smells emanating from his crockpot as much as he does the shrieks from the cells in which prisoners are tortured or raped.
Cook for yourself in the self-catering kitchen, or munch on delights from the restaurant.
The menu is ever-changing, but just some of the delights its kitchen turns out include inventive hot meals such as sweet potato and haggis en-croute.
The kitchen sends out such delights as Welsh ham shank with parsley cream, minted Welsh lamb burger, or the catch of the day.
