comfort food

I have been giving my father a crash course on cooking recently and have come up with some fail safe, idiot proof,…

Its been particularly cold recently and I’ve just been recovering from a rather revolting bug so haven’t really felt much like eating……

With this foggy freezing weather it’s really good to eat something warm and comforting… but at the same time I don’t want…

My mother was rather a modest cook but one thing that she really did excel at was in the cooking of game.…

I have been beavering away making loads of canapés this past week for various Christmas parties. Delicious though they are after spending…

There is something really comforting about a really good fish pie. Soft flaky fish, coated in a rich  (sometimes) cheesy sauce, then…

Homemade soup is a fantastic way of using up various bits of leftover meat, fish and vegetables which have been lurking in…

There has been a bumper crop of apples this year in the UK and I have to admit that I was running…

Now autumn is firmly upon us and the nights are turning quite chilly. It’s a great time to make bowls of warming…

Out of all the root vegetables beetroot has got to be my favourite. Its rich deep  earthy flavour when roasted, only needs…