A touch of NYC in the heart of KHS! A retro neon sign tells you you’ve arrived, otherwise, it would be easy to walk past the narrow doorway to Dirty Bones’ Kensington High Street. Take the steep staircase down to this basement restaurant and you could be miles away from the frenetic shopping taking place […]
Mediterranean Chicken en Papillote – a 5:2 Diet Recipe
Mediterranean Chicken En Papillote – Chicken Parcels: Cooking en papillote is a great method for anyone trying to eat healthy food or to diet, whether you are following the 5:2 diet like me or not. Essentially, your fish, vegetables or meat are put into a pouch made from foil or parchment with whatever seasoning you […]
Market Porter – An Online Farmers’ Market
Roast Tarragon Chicken Supremes Recipe Given half a chance I buy my meat from a butcher or from the local farmers’ market rather than from the supermarket. In the case of the butcher, I have rather a good ‘almost local’ butcher a few stops south on the tube. But, that’s a special journey, which only […]
Celebrating My Mother – #ThanksMum.
Mother’s Day Retrospective: This time of year is hard for those of us who have lost their mothers and yet don’t have children of their own. The shops and restaurants are full of things for Mothering Sunday and I get slightly overwhelmed by enquiries about what I will be covering here on London-Unattached. Will there […]
Kalettes are not just for Christmas – Rolled Chicken Breast Recipe
Chicken Breast Stuffed with Cheese, Red Pepper and Kalettes: Cactus Kitchens, home to Saturday Kitchen, also has a cookery school on the top floor. It’s a short hop from Kennington and so I am always pleased when I’m invited to an event there. I’d never heard of Kalettes though and I have to admit to […]
Classic Coq Au Vin Recipe
Coq Au Vin – A Classic Recipe from my Childhood: Now I’m well past my forties, I’ve become a firm believer that fifty is the new twenty. Despite that, I increasingly find myself spotting things that were significantly different when I was growing up. There are certain foods which really seem to have changed in terms […]
Basic Summer Cooking – Potato Salad
Easy Potato Salad Recipe: Summer is the time of year when no-one really wants to be stuck in the kitchen for too long. Salads that can be made up in advance, like my simple potato salad recipe, are a great way to keep things easy. And, getting the barbecue going is another way to enjoy […]
Olive-It Cooking Class with Jose Pizarro – Chicken Stew with Olives
Jose Pizarro’s Olive-It Cooking Class: Regular readers of London-Unattached will know I am in the middle of moving house. And, I’ve just come back from a series of wonderful but exhausting press trips to Oman, India and Sri Lanka. So, it has to be something special to persuade me to leave my chaotic packing and […]
Clockjack Oven – Updated Rotisserie Chicken in Soho
An Easy and Almost Healthy Chicken Lunch at Clockjack Oven, Soho, London: On reflection, it is obvious that the ‘Rotisserie’ is one of the oldest methods of cooking meat and poultry. Images of cavemen sitting round a camp fire or medieval halls with massive fireplaces complete with rotisserie spit come to mind. Even roasting jacks […]
Chaource AOP and how to smarten up a chicken breast!
Chaource – A Cheesy Excuse: Sometimes I get a bit carried away in my enthusiasm to review. When there are interesting products around, I DO generally say yes to any offer to try. Family-owned French dairy Fromagerie Lincet offered me a sample of Chaource cheese and I was sold! It comes from a region of France to […]