echalion shallots

Pak Choi is no longer one of those ingredients which require thousands of food miles or a trip to your specialist market to get within your grasp. It is plentiful, and whilst it may be concealed in a random location at your local supermarket, is likely to be there. Depending on where you shop, it…

When I made a smoked salmon, artichoke and red onion pizza the other day, it was inevitable that there’ll be some ingredients left over and in need of demolishing. I categorically hate to waste food, and whenever I have a recipe in mind always think in the back of my mind “What else could I…

New year. New start. Ditch the bad, consume nothing but goodness. Lose 3 stones. Find a purpose to ironing. Cycle 1,000 miles by February. Give up bad things I did not even do (to make me feel better about changing something). Well, we all need pipe dreams ;o) It would be fair to say that…

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…

Fragrant Spinach Rice

Boeuf Bourguignon