Bread & Nibbles

Sourdough Bread Part 2: The Sourdough Loaf

Sourdough Bread part 1: The Starter

Smoked Mackerel Rillettes with Aleppo Pepper

Chilli, Truffle Oil and Parmesan Popcorn

Italian Oregano Flatbread with Goats Cheese and Pear

multi seed bagels

French Country Apple Pie

The first time I made this dessert was in 1992, and after a 22 year hiatus, I decided to give it a go again last weekend. Surprisingly, I remember my very first attempt with great clarity. I was 16 years old, had recently finished GCSE exams and invited some friends over for a meal when…

Salade Niçoise

Salad is not rabbit food. The green leafy matter which may be added to your plate and often abandoned is not just for decorative purposes – it is both edible, and good for you ;o) I am really, quite the fan. To anyone who doesn’t like tuna, anchovies or capers – read on – this…

Goat’s Cheese, Red Onion, and Kale & Rocket Pesto Pizza

Time poverty has really been a curse of late (hence no new posts in an age), not helped by trying to juggle a few too many personal challenges, resuming cycling (or trying to- weather permitting), plus the day job which sadly has nothing to do with cooking and is very full-time to the point that…

Thai Chicken and Coconut Noodle Soup

The very first time I tried Thai food was at the Chiang Mai Kitchen in Oxford, in 1994. It had opened the year before, and was somewhere I just had to try. Whilst my memory is far from photographic in terms of all the ingredients which made up the Tom Yum Poh Thek (mixed seafood…