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Italian Oregano Flatbread with Goats Cheese and Pear

Fennel, orange and anchovy salad

Baked eggs with spinach, chilli, and red onion

Grilled Portobello Mushroom with Halloumi

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

Salade Niçoise with warm potatoes

Fresh Egg Pasta with Cuttlefish Ink

My very first attempt to make fresh pasta dough can be chalked up as a dismal failure. I was barely thirteen at the time, insisted on being bought a pasta machine for my birthday, which I would use all the time. Reality painted a very different picture.. the dough just jammed up in the rollers,…

Potato, parsnip and carrot mash with wholegrain Dijon mustard

It is very rare that I get around to making mash, and certainly not something I will do for myself – but each time I whip up a batch the feedback I receive encourages me to make it again. For me (and I am not trying to trivialise the effort required to make it taste…

Thai Green Curry with Prawn, Squid, and Butternut Squash

A visit to Thailand is very much on my Bucket List – and without wanting to sound too greedy, the food is one of the primary reasons. Oh, and all the Thai folk I have met in my travels are delightful – yup, if you are reading this Kay, you are included ;o) I am…

Smoked Mackerel Rillettes with Aleppo Pepper

What the F##k happened in 2020? We have not even reached the end of March and Brexit happened. Marlini was made redundant. Bathroom had to be largely rebuilt due to a leaking gasket. I broke a bone. Am three weeks into Laryngitis with every cure thrown at it proving largely futile (though the odd spoonful…