There is something beautifully indulgent and at the same time quite comforting about cake. A lovely chocolate cake for tea puts a…
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Crab apple jelly with rosemary and chilli
There is something incredibly therapeutic and magical about preserving the seasons in a jar. Capturing that intense flavour of the fruit or vegetables…
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Spiced cauliflower parsley and pomegranate salad with crispy onions, recipe
I read in the paper today about cauliflower ‘singing’ to the farmers. In fact, if sources are true, they are singing greater…
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Gluten free red minestrone recipe, with basil and Parmesan
Homemade soup is a fantastic way of using up various bits of leftover meat, fish and vegetables which have been lurking in…
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Autumn salad of purple sprouting broccoli,'wet' walnuts and heritage carrots recipe
Autumn brings a wonderful variety of fruit and vegetables to the table and one of my favourites has got to be ‘wet’…
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Seafood paella with chorizo and peas
One of the most important things I teach my cookery students is , KEEP IT SIMPLE. Why spend hours in the kitchen…
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Trio of peaches; peach sorbet, peach tart and roasted peaches with amaretti and almonds
The peaches and nectarines are delicious at the moment. Yellow peaches and nectarines have a a slightly more robust peachy flavour so…
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Barbecued butterflied leg of lamb with pistachio pesto and Roast peppers
We have recently been enjoying fabulous weather here in the UK, so the barbecue has often been in use (which is great…
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Quick prawn and asparagus curry recipe
I popped by Rex at the Chelsea fishmonger today to see what looked good for supper and as usual I was spoilt…
Carrying on from my ‘Support your local Fishmonger blog’, that I did a couple of weeks ago. I thought that I would…