Main Dishes

Fresh Egg Pasta with Cuttlefish Ink

Kedgeree with Chilli and Garlic

Chilli Tomato and Prawn Cuttlefish Ink Fettuccine

Roast Clay-Pot Lemon Chicken with Garlic and Chilli

Chimichurri Tuna Melt Panini

Potato Salad with Pickled Herring

multi seed bagels

The humble bagel. Or is it, beigel?. The roll with a hole. That slightly chewy bread which makes a great snack, brunch (or whenever) used to be a mystery to me, and something so technically demanding I never even bothered to research the method. It is not at all that I am adverse trying out…

Fettuccine with Anchovy, Garlic and Lemon

Just over a week ago, Marlini and I decided to make the most of having to follow the very sensible guidance and stay at home during the awful Coronavirus pandemic, and put out frustration to better use – the kitchen. So often have we complained to each other for not having enough time, too tired,…

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…

Steamed Broccoli with garlic and red chilli

One of the worst jobs I have ever done (and there have been a few, sadly) was during my summer school holiday when 17. Desperate to make a few pounds to use on a camping holiday in France and Spain, I accepted a job in the kitchens of a local Oxford hospital. Soul-destroying? Yes. I…