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Butternut Squash, Chickpea and Spinach Curry
This has been a great couple of weeks for festivities. Diwali, Halloween, Day of the Dead last week, and Guy Fawkes coming up. It certainly takes the bite out of the impending Winter! I always like to...
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Pellegrino Artusi & A Recipe for Perfect Pasta Dough (Photo Illustrated)
Pellegrino Artusi, Casa Artusi, The Art of Cooking Well in Forlimpopoli & A Recipe for Perfect Pasta Dough (Photo Illustrated) Pellegrino Artusi is widely referred to as the father of Italian...
View ArticleEaster Sunday Lunch
I have a new house! You may have heard me mention. Once, maybe twice, maybe more? I’ve moved in now and I love it, with it’s big kitchen, range cooker, bay windows looking out onto a little garden,...
View ArticleRecipe: Banana, Coconut & Lime Bread
As with most children, I was a fan of cake. All kinds of cake, except coffee cake. That, to me, was a filthy abomination. I mean WHY would anyone put coffee in a cake, especially for children? I...
View ArticleRecipe: Siri’s Thai Seafood Green Curry Recipe Step by Step with Photos
Green curry is misunderstood in many places outside of Thailand. Often perceived as a mild curry that you would give most chilli phobics (certainly in the UK and Ireland), it is often bland and dull,...
View ArticleRecipe: Homemade Potato Gnocchi
Homemade gnocchi (another phone photo – my camera was stolen a few weeks ago so bear with me!) Gnocchi were a mystery to me until I went to Italy. The ones that I had tried before (this was before I...
View ArticleMango & Lime Friands (Two Versions: Buttery & Dairy Free)
Sweet! I want something sweet! And full of sunshine. I can no longer take the grey, grey sky that hangs so low over my head. Friands remind me of Australia. Bright blue skys, rolling frothy seas, cliff...
View ArticleBuckwheat Waffles with Rhubarb, Apple & Candied Hazelnuts [Recipe]
Good morning? Is it safe to come out? I have been in hiding, taking an enforced break, so that I could catch up with everything else (work, book writing, the small matter of publishing a book myself),...
View Article‘Nduja Ragu with Eggs for a Perfect Brunch [Recipe]
I never did love ketchup. I know everyone does. It is said to be the perfect combination of sweet, sour, salty and savoury, and tomatoes are one of my favourite ingredients, but I just find ketchup to...
View ArticleBuckwheat and Hazelnut Banana Bread [Gluten & Dairy Free Recipe]
It was one of those mornings. I was out of eggs – what, how could I let that happen?! – and out of coffee beans. I was staring glumly at a bag of Moomin coffee, a hasty Helsinki airport purchase, and...
View ArticleWild Garlic Pesto (aka the Joy of Spring) [Recipe]
Wild garlic pesto does feel a cliché but when it is so delicious, why shouldn’t it be? Wild garlic, if you haven’t cooked with it yet, is a broad garlic flavoured leaf, slightly sour, and fantastic...
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