Regular readers of this blog will realise that while I love cooking in general, creating puddings, sweets and bakes is what really gives me my culinary kicks.
Almost a year since my first visit, I’ll soon be heading back to Leith’s School of Food and Wine. This time it’s courtesy of my best friend (and devout worshipper [...]
A quick recipe for a sweet, spicy, chunky tomato sauce to accompany breakfast.
On holiday in the south of France last week with four other foodie types and some clever bod had an idea: why not make use of the local produce and the villa’s fab kitchen in a Come-dine-with-me-style cook-off? The Channel 4 TV show is one of my guilty pleasures so I was pretty excited [...]
There comes a point in your life when you have to ask yourself this one, vital question: why am I reading the internet when I could be tucking into a lip-smacking bowl of smoked mackerel dauphinoise potatoes? I asked myself that very question when I came across this recipe on Domesticsluttery.com last week and [...]
Everyone has their own interpretation of a basic tomato sauce that can be used in all sorts of recipes. My version might find itself stirred into penne served with spinach and parmesan, added to a flavoursome soup, mixed into a vegetarian lasagna filling, poured over patatas bravas or smothering a homemade pizza base. [...]
For months I’ve been meaning to write up my recipe for beetroot soup. Actually, it’s been so long now that I’ve committed it to memory and there really is no need for me to record it online. Of course, in the event that I get hit on the head and forget how to make [...]
Veggie-burgers have an awful reputation — with good reason. They usually fall in two deeply unsatisfying categories
Creepy meat substitutes, which try and imitate beef texture, that taste utterly foul Soft and squiggy lumps, with the consistency of a fish cake, that slide out of the bun
As a fair-weather vegetarian I miss a proper burger, the kind [...]
Ben’s two-layer mash recipe, separated with mozzarella and chili.
A followup on baking the first loaf with Eric the natural starter, where not all went to plan. Supplemented by a successful recipe for Beer Bread, made with a local IPA.
I promise this is my last baking post for a while. My colleagues and housemates are getting fat from the proceeds of this blog and someone has to think of the burden on the NHS.
The cake on the left is Nigella Lawson’s chocolate and hazelnut goo fest. The recipe can be found on her website here [...]