lemon juice

Kedgeree with Chilli and Garlic

Roast Clay-Pot Lemon Chicken with Garlic and Chilli

Smoked Mackerel Rillettes with Aleppo Pepper

Linguine alle vongole

Fennel, orange and anchovy salad

Zesty Monk fish and Tiger Prawn Skewers

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…

Pea, mint, and Parmesan omelette

For obvious reasons, I love the weekend. Not only can I catch up on all those essential and delightful chores (cleaning, laundry and other joyous tasks) I also brunch (is that a verb?). It is the only time of the week that I can get away with only worrying about having to nourish myself twice…

Savoury Thyme, Aleppo Pepper and Cheddar Crepes

A good few months ago, I started to dabble with making savoury crepes which had a real flavour irrespective of any additional toppings or fillings, which is often the case. I mean, there cannot be too many folk who crave plain pancakes…. or are there? I certainly missed the boat insofar as getting this recipe…

Boeuf Bourguignon

The very first time I had ever tried Boeuf Bourguignon was at the age of 10 when staying with my great aunt Micheline in the Loire Valley. Every summer, my family would spend a couple of weeks with our relatives in Meung-sur-Loire (country home of Georges Simenon’s fictional detective Jules Maigret – for the literary…