Monkfish is a beautifully textured fish and so meaty that it can stand up to proper flavours – move over white wine and parsley, I’m talking chorizo and garlic and smoked paprika (okay, and a teensy bit of parsley). At once easy to make and completely dinner party-proof, this is a dish of two halves … Continue reading
Last Sunday I was having one of those days when leaving the house simply wasn’t an option. All I wanted was a long soak in the bath, a quiet read snuggled up on the sofa with endless cups of tea and some Netflix one-on-one quality time. My boyfriend didn’t want to go out either so … Continue reading
There are few greater pleasures in life than a ripe tomato bursting in your mouth. Like liquid sunshine. Deliciously sweet and ludicrously easy, this recipe is perfect for a starter or light lunch – I’ve even made mini-ones as party canapés. ***WARNING: PLEASE USE RIPE TOMATOES OTHERWISE THIS DISH WILL TASTE ANEMIC AND MAKE YOUR … Continue reading
Mussels transport me back to childhood to family camping holidays in France – an annual summer event and a lengthy affair. Our trips stretched for weeks and weeks until my brother and I could hardly remember a morning without a breakfast of still-warm baguette dunked into a delicious bowl of Banania. We would walk for … Continue reading
I admit that there are as many recipes for meatballs out there as there are Italian grandmothers. But I urge you to have faith and try these succulent beauties as it’s just ridiculous how good they are. I would venture as far as to say that they are the last word in meatballs…and the sauce … Continue reading
Hi folks. I’ve got a real treat in store for you today and, if you’re in the market for that sort of thing, it’s rather nifty for catching boys too. This risotto is the first supper I ever cooked for my boyfriend (he liked it so much that he insisted I send him home with the leftovers) … Continue reading
My boyfriend is in the Alps this weekend, prancing about in powder and having a jolly good time of it. I want some fun too. It is not snowing outside and I am hundreds of miles away from any mountain range. I am not swaddled in a dozen layers like a podgy onion, nor have I … Continue reading
In the midst of this bleak mid-winter, I fancied a taste of Turkey last weekend. I spent a few days in Istanbul last autumn and it was a true smorgasbord for the senses – a glittering kaleidoscope of bright colours and bold flavours and steamy hammams. Not something I could quite exactly recreate during our … Continue reading
So November’s been a not-so-good month for the blog. Sorry blog and sorry hungry readers. But on the plus side, it has been an absolutely smashing month for charity. I spent most of it organising a fundraiser with a few colleagues called DRESS (Disaster Relief for Emergency Situation in Syria) to raise much-needed funds for … Continue reading
This recipe is pretty dirty. At the risk of stating the obvious, it has nothing to do with the low-calorie, guilt-free popcorn snacks favoured by reed-slim gym bunnies across the City. Oh no. This is about making food sufficiently sinful for those moments when you want to shut the rain out, curl up on the … Continue reading
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