Lots of print and screen space is devoted to showing new ways to cook seasonal fruit and vegetables.…
Honey and star anise panna...
New Year, New Diet. Sure. We’re over a week in to 2013, and I imagine all your eating resolutions…
Isle of Mull cheddar &...
Over the last couple of weeks I have dined in three one Michelin starred restaurants and another…
Greengage and custard tart
Cycling home on Friday night, a few pints and a slightly aggressive curry down, it dawned on me that…
Gooseberry, elderflower an...
The combination of gooseberry and elderflower, as any Sauvignon Blanc fan should tell you, is a…
Homite ice cream
Probably the biggest omission from Niki Segnit’s Flavour Thesaurus, is probably the greatest…
Panna cotta
I’m a fan of panna cotta. But I rarely order it in a restaurant. There are a couple of reasons…
Hawksmoor STP
“Mate, sticky toffee pudding or some sort of tart for Saturday evening?” I asked.…
Birthday cupcakes
I don’t really buy into the whole “bring back some crappy chocolates/local ‘delicacy’…
Lychee, lime and mint sorb...
For the third exciting instalment of RocketandSquash’s [yes, that is the name I was christened…
Rhubarb and ginger crumble...
So step two in the not so snappily titled “Experimenting With My Ice Cream Maker Summer Project”…
Raspberry ripple ice cream
I just bought an ice cream machine. Not an expensive one; in fact it was really pretty reasonable…
Portuguese custard tarts
I keep craving Portuguese custard tarts (Pasteis de Nata, if we’re being proper). The urge…
Lemon and sugar
Don’t chuff around this Shrove Tuesday. None of that “here’s something…
Shortbread and Cranachan
I reckon society can be divided into those who love haggis and those who have never tried it (but assume…
Short crust sweet pastry t...
With a tip of the hat to the old colony, last Sunday’s lunch was vaguely Thanksgiving oriented.…
Book review and baking: St...
Parle, Stevie, My Kitchen; real food from near and far (London, Quadrille Publishing, 2010), rrp…
Ottolenghi Sunday lunch
Ok, so I’ve got about three or four restaurants reviews that I need to write up, but a combination…
Victoria sponge, lemon cur...
The wait for GCSE, A level and Degree results is a nervous one. But at least you can be relatively…
Summer pudding
There is a glut of British berries in the supermarkets at the moment. And they are all on offer. Which…
Mrs Dimbleby’s choco...
Three things you should know about Josceline Dimbleby: 1. she was a food writer for the Sunday Telegraph…
Gooseberries, two ways
There are some fruits, vegetables and herbs that I love, but am strangely reluctant to buy. This…
