Salads

Fennel, orange and anchovy salad

Salade Niçoise with warm potatoes

Chicken livers in brandy with spinach and romaine salad

Warm chickpea, curly kale and pine nut salad

Grilled Halloumi, Chicory, and Mango Salad

Flambéed Pear, Blue Camembert and Walnut Salad.

Sourdough Bread part 1: The Starter

It is hard to imagine that over 365 days have passed since the UK entered lock down 1.0 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and I, like thousands of others used this opportunity to try and master sourdough bread. Quickly jumping back to basics, sourdough is a naturally and traditional leavened bread which used a starter…

White and Sweet Potato Cheese Rosti

The very first time I had a Rosti (or so I thought) was at the tender age of 10, when the mother of one of my classmates visited our class to offer a ‘show and tell‘ about Judaism to our culturally challenged group in the small town I grew up in. As this was over…

Linguine alle vongole

Just shy of four months ago (still inspired by a trip to Sicily), Marlini had the very good idea that we should make a Clam Vongole dish, for the simple reason that we are hardcore fish and seafood lovers at heart and clams were an ingredient, I had, not until recently, ever cooked. I am…

How to Defrost Frozen Prawns

It is very common that I have not planned in advance what I am about to cook when I get home from work, resulting in scrambling together what to have to shove down my gullet. In most instances I decide what I could based on the ingredients I have, rather than buy ingredients for a…