Anne O’Connell
This blog is pretty much about food! It includes recipes, food in the news and restaurant reviews. It’s also about travel, gardening and books, but mostly only when those things include food…
I am a writer and film maker with a special interest in food, cooking and collecting recipes. I am the author of ‘Early Vegetarian Recipes’ and the website Offmotorway.co.uk. I have also written articles for BBC Good Food magazine and The Vegetarian. I run a (very!) small food company called hollyfoods, selling home-made chutneys, jams, chocolates and biscuits at food fairs, usually at Christmas.
I have been a vegetarian for as long as I can remember and these days try to cook vegan and gluten-free as much as possible, for health reasons as well as being concerned for the welfare of animals and the planet. I do still indulge though, and love coffee and chocolate!
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November 29, 2011 at 9:06 pm
Joanne Jones
I found your site after doing a search for one of Hugh F-W’s recipes. I agree with you he is so inspiring and refreshingly honest and believable in the celebrity chef world.
Anyway I didn’t write to talk about Hugh, it was to congratulate you on the web site content and great recipes. I have been vegetarian for as long as I can remember. I’m 48 and according to my mum refused to eat meat from the age of 3. I was given the ‘two veg’ without the meat and a glass of milk with every meal but never felt the urge to give up. Apart from the spells when I have lived alone and cooked purely vegetarian food, I have always been amongst avid meat eaters, including my parents and latterly my husband and children. One daughter retains her love of meat but the other took my lead, aged 9 and has been veggie for 11 years. She has a bizzare dislike for onions however and I use the same hand blender I made her baby food with to mince up the cooked onion before adding other ingredients.
I am pleased to have found your site and will continue looking for ideas from now on. thanks Joanne
November 30, 2011 at 10:24 am
Offmotorway
Hi Joanne, thanks for your lovely comments and I’m glad you like the recipes. My story is similar to yours – a very early dislike of meat despite a meat-eating family. But I was lucky enough to marry a vegetarian!
My mum also doesn’t eat onions (or garlic. Or cheese. Or spices) so my veggie cooking is challenged when cooking for her. I’ll bear you in mind and add a few more onion-free recipes to the site in future!
December 19, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Alessandra
Hi,
I’d like to invite you to join Radical Dining Society which is all about creating dining experiences and a radical and innovative way. So If you like good food in interesting ways, with great company, request your membership here! http://www.radicaldiningsociety.com/register adding manually (do not copy and paste) the following invitation code: RDSxx4x002 This will give you a 4 months free upgrade when you sign up! We’ll be starting events in the New Year and it would be great if you could spread the word!
Let me know please if you’d like to post about it, I really love your blog so that would be amazing!
I look forward to hearing from you
Best Regards
Alessandra
January 31, 2012 at 7:53 pm
EatFree
Hi Anne! Where is your small business located?
February 1, 2012 at 10:00 am
Offmotorway
Hi Reshma, good to hear from you and thanks for your enquiry!
hollyfoods is based West London (see the website here: http://www.hollyfoods.co.uk/ ), and hollyfoods chutneys and jams are available at Par Ici in Twickenham (http://www.parici.co.uk/ ). I run occasional stalls at food fairs around Surrey, Middlesex and the surrounding areas – the website will have details of any fairs coming up.
February 2, 2012 at 2:56 am
pondblog
Thanks for the like! Looking forward to reading your blog.
February 3, 2012 at 10:40 am
Offmotorway
thanks for dropping by, I hope you find stuff to enjoy!
February 7, 2012 at 4:22 am
lijiun
Hi! Great to know you are promoting vegetarian diet! Thumb up! This is the fastest way to save our mother of earth! Cheers!
February 8, 2012 at 10:21 am
Offmotorway
Thanks for your support and the great way you too promote vegetarianism!
March 20, 2012 at 7:58 pm
Veggiewitch
I nominated you for the Inspiring and Versatile Blogger Awards. You can read about it here: http://veggiewitch.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/inspiring-and-versatile/
Peace,
Veggiewitch
March 21, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Offmotorway
Thanks Veggiewitch! I’ll go and read all about it!
March 21, 2012 at 6:17 pm
Veggiewitch
*happy dancing*
May 25, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Promenade Claire
Hi Anne, lovely to connect with you, I can see I have lots of great reading to catch up on! And what a fascinating book, it must have been fun to research
May 28, 2012 at 1:58 pm
offmotorway
Hi Claire, great to hear from you. I loved researching the book. I did most of it in the British Library in London, which is such an inspiring place (well, I love libraries generally!)