Salmon and Goats Cheese Omelette – a review of Eating Well Everyday: I tend to run shy of chef recipe books – I generally find the recipes are too complicated for everyday and too high risk for entertaining. But Eating Well Everyday by Peter Gordon caught my eye – and, breaking my own rule, I was delighted […]
Easy Bouillabaisse Recipe at Kitchen Aid Cookery School
Playing Chef in the Kitchen – Bouillabaisse with Kitchen Aid: Like most people I am a real fan of Kitchen Aid small kitchen appliances – mixers, blenders and multicookers. What I didn’t realise, until I was invited along to the Kitchen Aid store on Wigmore Street was that they also make large kitchen appliances (hobs, […]
John Whaite Launches “A Right Royal Afternoon Tea” and “Perfect Plates In 5 Ingredients” at The Royal Horseguards Hotel
Perfect Plates at the Royal Horseguards Hotel: A lot has happened to John Whaite since winning the third series of the BBC’s The Great British Bake Off. Having gained the law degree he was studying for whilst competing in the show, he now runs his own cookery school, has become something of a celebrity as […]
Gratin Dauphinois with the Panasonic CS-894 steam microwave #experiencefresh
Simple and Quick Gratin Dauphinois Recipe: The Panasonic CS-894 steam microwave has so many more features than a conventional microwave. It really does speed up the cooking process even with dishes that you might normally expect to need hours in the oven. This year, Spring seems to be rather late, so I’m craving comfort food. […]
Copas Christmas Turkey Review
Copas Turkey – not just for Christmas: Those of us who write food and lifestyle blogs know only too well that turkey is not just for Christmas. Whilst we might not start Christmas planning QUITE as early as the supermarket product development specialists, many of us do spend a few happy days in the summer […]
National Cupcake Week
Baking with OXO for National Cupcake Week Did you know that this week is National Cupcake Week? I didn’t until I was asked to get involved with the help of OXO’s expert baking tools and The Happy Egg Co. The week itself (14-20 September 2015) is designed to help promote the popularity of cupcakes in […]
Sophie Thompson – My Family Kitchen
Book Review – My Family Kitchen by Celebrity Masterchef Sophie Thompson I love cookery books and when I get a new one I settle down to read it with the same excitement as I would a new novel. I suppose I’m a real foodie as I also love cookery shows (much to my husband’s annoyance) […]
Västerbottensost Cheese
Swedish recipes for Västerbottensost with Bronte from Scandi Kitchen: My first encounter with the impossible to pronounce and even more impossible to spell Västerbottensost cheese was a few weeks ago at Kupp. My dining companion was very keen to order the cheese platter because it focused on this unique Swedish cheese and I wasn’t in […]
Blogger cooking challenge – Spicy Roast Lamb
Roast Lamb with Spiced Chickpea: I was challenged to re-create a dish created by Davide de Croci, chef for Millennium’s Bailey’s Hotel using British lamb. His version is shown below. The recipe can be found here. Be careful about the oven temperature – don’t read this as celsius or your pieces of lamb will end […]
Enjoy a Lactofree Summer Smoothie – All year round
Lactofree, the UK’s leading lactose free dairy range are running a Summer Smoothie Challenge. Simply take a blender, some Lactofree milk or cream, fresh fruits or whatever you fancy and create your own summer treat. My girlfriend is lactose intolerant, so regular smoothies are out, often leaving her with little choice apart from expensive readymade […]