Having a home-cooked meal with your family is always a special occasion. For Charlotte and me, it happens less frequently than we would both like due to the M1 separating us and […]
A family Sunday roast: Hard to beat
Cookbook Review: Fuchsia Dunlop’s Sichuan Chicken with Chillies from Sichuan Cookery – my attempt reviewed!
La zi Ji or Chicken with chillies is certainly not one of the more complicated or more ‘interesting’ Sichuan dishes on offer in the fantastic Sichuan Cooking cookbook by Fuchsia Dunlop (who is the expert on Sichuan cooking […]
Cookbook Review: The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Cuisine
If you look at the cookbook reviews I have written already, focusing on Michel Roux Jr and the French Brasserie Cookbook , you will see that they are both excellent options for […]
Recreating Grandmother Sardara’s chicken curry
Caroline describes a recipe she caught at the gym a few years ago and wonders what “punning” a chicken involves… A few years ago I was on the treadmill at the gym […]
Cookbook Review: Caroline’s take on Keith Floyd’s spiced lamb from Floyd on Spain
Caroline writes about her favourite Keith Floyd recipe… Twenty odd years ago I bought a second hand copy of Keith Floyd’s book, Floyd on Spain. The front page had a handwritten message […]
Xanthe Clay’s crab linguine recipe
Today’s blog comes from Caroline, who has been hankering after a nice easy seafood recipe and stumbled upon this: A few weeks ago we had dinner at Jamie’s Italian in Islington. I’m […]
Healthy midweek dinners: Salmon with Spanish style potatoes
Today I wanted to blog about a really quick, easy salmon dish that makes for a tasty, healthy midweek dinner. We don’t eat salmon too often at home as I find the […]
Beef ho-fun with black bean sauce: A tribute to the late Sylvia
Thanks to Caroline, my mother-in-law, for today’s blog focusing on Chinese food… We received the sad news recently that our friend, Sylvia, had died. Sylvia hailed from Hong Kong and her wonderful […]
Trying to emulate Roast: My attempt at slow roasted pork belly
Having had the pleasure of receiving the Roast cookbook for Christmas (a meat lover’s cookbook given to me by my vegetarian father!), I hadn’t had the chance to try out any of […]
Potato mustard curry: A Rick Stein odyssey
Inspired by watching the Rick Stein Far Eastern Odyssey on TV, I went out bought the book in order to have a go at some of his recipes at home. I will […]