Nice pear
The drive south took four hours. We didn’t say a word during the journey. Mile after mile of flat, treeless landscape passed by the windows of…
Spring a leek
I’ve been meaning to make leeks with vinaigrette since we got back from Paris at the beginning of March. We were primed for a fancy lunch…
Bombay paneer with garlic chilli sauce
I’m writing this lying on the floor in the middle of a cheese coma. The sudden trauma of morning, getting the children ready for school and repeating…
Aaloo sailor
Potato has to be one of life’s great comfort foods. And while I rail about the result versus the time and planning taken to bake a…
Punjab dhal dumpling curry
I always get excited when I stumble across new ingredients. I’ll try anything as long as it’s not a joke or a dare. Or fugu.…
In the name of the garlic, the chilli and the holy olive oil
The grey and dreary London streets are now exploding with wispy and bedraggled underfunded Christmas lights wrapped around flickering streetlamps. Apart from the showpiece Regent Street…
Smashing pumpkin
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. And while this is not pudding and I have nothing to prove, the only way you’re going to understand how delicious this dish is, is by making and eating it. I urge you to do this as soon as you can.
Aubergine in Oil (Melanzane Sott’Olio)
I Tarocchi is a bar in the small Ligurian hilltop town of Apricale. It was the week before Valentine’s Day, about a thousand years ago before we…
Quick Pickled Red Onion
The eye-watering sharpness of a pickled onion from the fish and chip shop feels like they’ve been steeped in jet fuel or paint stripper. It appeals to…
Apple and Blackberry Crumble
Yesterday was a low-calorie day for me as I endeavour to return to the svelte, Adonis-like figure I had when young. Perhaps aiming for the slim…
The Modern Husband 