Zatar Spiced Spatchcock Chicken
A roast chicken is a great and fairly inexpensive way to feed a few people at lunch. Rather than making the traditional English Sunday lunch, why not…
Peppering the Conversation
Here is my emergency, last minute roast pepper side dish for Sunday lunch.
Aubergine or Egg Plant, or maybe Garden Egg?
My grandparent’s kitchen in Newcastle was either full of cigarette smoke, the smell of Craster kippers being cooked for breakfast or a big Sunday roast being cooked while a Sarah Lee frozen chocolate gateaux defrosted on the side.
Who You Calling Chicken?
When buying a few quick supper things for the children the other day (I don’t always have time to cook, you know), the ingredients on…
Mizeria Loves Company
For me it’s an impossible task to recreate this seemingly simple cucumber salad. I’m not just making a dish, I’m trying to make someone else’s memory of time, place and people come alive on a plate.
Dressing Up Asparagus
New season English asparagus traditionally starts on St. George’s Day. Enjoy them at their best during the short season and treat them simply.
Souper Minestrone
With spring barking at the door like an excitable, just woken puppy it’s time for fresh flavours. We’ve not been eating gruel all winter, but we have…
Ça va, mon chou?
Savoy cabbage, quickly cooked, with butter and pepper is pretty good as it is. But if you want to pep it up to serve as a…
Game of Squash
Butternut squash is great to have around the kitchen. They normally hang around in mine for a while as I psych myself up to peel them.…
Springing a Leek
On Thursday night we went out for my birthday supper at Olivio Carne, the sister to what is pretty much my favourite restaurant in London…
The Modern Husband 