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Flambéd Pineapple and Rum

Prawn, squid, lime and white wine spaghetti

It is not uncommon that I adapt an otherwise perfectly acceptable recipe. The reason tends to be far more driven by pragmatism than anything else – the actual ingredients at hand being a regular cause. No deception intended – this recipe is incredibly similar to the Prawn, Squid, and Chilli Fusilli recipe I published a…

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…

Anyone reading this right now must be thinking that I have either become bone idle, or am totally exhausted in the ideas camp. I mean. Really, ‘chips’? Surely these typically arrive on plate from two sources – the local chippy, or from some bag of processed delights which live in the freezer. I have spent…

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…

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