Crab Pie and an English Wine Week Preview. On a perfect English Easter weekend what could be better than having a tasting of some of the new crop of English wines for the summer. Whilst we languish in the dog days of Brexit there is an energy and excitement about English wine that would have […]
A Love Story, Asparagus and Grenache Gris
Asparagus, Pancetta and Quail Eggs paired with Grenache Gris. Who doesn’t love a bit of romance? The story of Domaine Jones, of an English woman who went out to work in the South of France in the 1990s and, after running the local wine co-operative in Mont Tauch went on not only to buy a […]
Cooking with Comté
All About Comté – A Delicious Comté Cheese Salad With Pancetta. An invitation to a Comté cheese cookery class at Central Street Cookery School was an evening no food lover would want to miss. I love cooking classes and am a devoted fan of Comté which I like especially for its nutty taste and […]
Mediterranean Red Pepper and Feta Filo Pie – Store Cupboard Supper:
Red Pepper Filo Pie with Ponti Zero Oil Range: I have a bit of a fetish for those little jars of preserved vegetables that you can buy from the deli counter so I jumped at the chance when I was asked to create a recipe to use some of the Ponti range. Life is now […]
Healthy Spicy Pork Tostadas – How to Cut Calories and Save the Planet
Spicy Pork Tostadas with Baby Corn and Peppers: It’s that time of year when everyone I know wants to lose a few pounds…and it’s also the time of year when we are all making resolutions. Everything from what can we do to improve ourselves to how can we slow down global warming and save the […]
Wines from Berry Bros. & Rudd to try this Christmas
Wines Pairings for Christmas from Berry Bros. & Rudd: What do you do when you are working out what wines to buy for Christmas? It’s a time of year when you really want something a little bit special – and yet, there is such a range of food to think about, it can be hard […]
Easy Truffled Mac and Cheese
Truffle Mac and Cheese Recipe: This time of year, with heaps of golden leaves on the ground and the smell of damp, mushroomy autumn into winter, brings with it all kinds of culinary scents and flavours. For me, from late October through winter, I crave comfort foods like this easy truffled Mac and Cheese, baked in […]
Potato and Parma Ham Gratin – Cordon Bleu Cookery Made Simple
Posh Potato and Ham Gratin at the Cordon Bleu School: Quite often when I go to a cookery event I am conscious that the dish I have learnt may never be made again. Most of my cooking at home is simple. When it is NOT simple, it is generally something that requires long, slow cooking […]
Potato and Bacon Hotpot with Jarlsberg Cheese and Leeks
Potato and Bacon Hotpot with Leeks – Simple One Pot Recipe: Do you sometimes forget how much you like an old recipe? Potato and Bacon Hotpot must have been one of the first things I made as a student – pure comfort food, it really comes into its own in the winter months when having […]
Pasta Alla Norma
Pasta Alla Norma – Sicily on a Plate: Perhaps this recipe would be better called Spaghetti alla Norma, since that’s the pasta I used. But, this is a classic Sicilian dish with a story. One of the most famous people from Sicily, Vincenzo Bellini was a great composer, particularly of Bel Canto Opera. A signature […]