The Red Widow – Bloody Mary with an Oriental Twist. As a child, I was never allowed to get involved in Halloween activities. My mother thought it was an ‘American’ activity and as such, just as I wasn’t allowed to eat anything that was called a ‘cookie’ or eat ‘candy’, getting involved in ‘trick or […]
Tarragon Chicken with Tomatoes
Tarragon Chicken – a Recipe and a Cautionary Tale For the last three years I’ve been trying to grow tarragon on my roof terrace. The first year, my seedlings dried out and died. The second year the snails got them! This year, I managed to grow a nice tarragon plant from seed…only to discover I’d […]
Simple Mushroom Goulash
Perfect Comfort Food for a Cold Weather Vegetarian – Mushroom Goulash: It’s getting very wintery, instead of craving salads at lunchtime I want something warming like this spicy and simple mushroom goulash! This is a very easy vegetarian version of beef goulash that I made a few years ago. The original version didn’t have celery […]
Simple Ceviche
An easy ceviche recipe: This is an easy way to make something quite special. Ceviche is something you could make for a light meal, or serve as a starter. I made mine with monkfish because it is what I had in the fridge but I’ve eaten it made with scallops and I’ve seen recipes for […]