Root One
I suffer from low curry levels if I go more than four days without one. This clearly quite serious situation can result in either a delivery,…
Roast Vegetables
Throwing a load of vegetables in a tin with some herbs, oil, salt and pepper is about as easy as cooking gets. Easier than boiling an…
Happy as a Clam
These jerk spiced clams are a great quick dish to eat with the footie. We had these with a big bowl of buttermilk fried spicy chicken, sweet potato fries and salad in front of the England v. Russia game. Hardly relevant cuisine, but delicious nonetheless.
A King’s Ramson
It’s a short-lived season, much like the elderflowers that grow at the bottom of the garden, but it’s one, rather like the flowering of the magnolia…
Stitched Up Like a Kipper
When I was a child my Grandad used to take me to get our kippers from the stone smokery near the small harbour beach at Craster. Since…
Chilli and Garlic Squid with Courgette
Bee has gone out again, leaving me alone to play with my favourite cupboard in the kitchen, The Cabinet of Curiosities. For once, though, I’m not…
Cod Almighty
You can’t really go wrong with caper butter and fish.
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…
Salmon Like It Hot
That’s a whole month now with no carbs or sugar. A whole month. And one that had Easter in it as well. It has been pretty…
Love and hake
Still off the carbs and sugar, mealtimes are becoming much more interesting. While I have craved the odd sandwich or snack, and with weekends being particularly…
The Modern Husband 