I tend to have a sixth sense when it comes to fussy eaters. When someone tells me that, for instance, they don’t like seafood, their plight as an eater is automatically established. I know that the fussiness is strong in this one. This not a fact, just a musing of mine own experiences. And I … Continue reading FRIDGE PICKLES & QUICK KIMCHI
Have we discussed my compulsive need to boil potatoes lately? I don’t think we have. I constantly have a need for little, tiny, baby boiled potatoes in my fridge. Throwing them in a pot of salted water, boiling until tender, allowing them to cool and dry until completely stone cold, and then stowing them away … Continue reading FRIED POTATOES & KIMCHI
Did you know this was actually one of the earliest recipes I ever posted on this blog? Not this exact one, but something similar that I have now adapted. Because in the spirit of Ms. Laurie Colwin and all of the misguided adventures she writes about in ‘Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen’ (1988), … Continue reading BUTTERMILK PANCAKES
Like an appreciation for early nights and not being able to get out of a chair without groaning, bread baking came to me a little later in life. And thank God it did. I never want to give unnecessary steps to my readers because I never want to waste your time, energy, or money but … Continue reading HONEY BEER BROWN BREAD
Jam. Marmalade. Chutney. Compote. Preserve. They’re all very different things, I know, but for me, so long as I’ve got a dollop of sweet, tangy, syrupy fruit to slather on toast or sneak into bakes, then I really don’t care what we call it. This recipe here is basically a jam because by it’s very … Continue reading QUICK FROZEN FRUIT JAM
“It’s just cheese on toast.” Let any food writer, that is not Welsh, write a recipe for rarebit and they will somewhere, without fail, denounce it down to being ‘just cheese on toast‘. Well in that case, a Mazda is just a car. A mansion is just a house. And Beyoncé is just a singer. … Continue reading CHARCOAL SALT RAREBIT
There are some breads in life that are designed to fulfil a prophecy bigger than it’s intended bake. A big, pillow rustic loaf of white bread, for example, is a stalwart bread. It’s eager to be toast, it’s ready for sandwiches, it wants to be fried, it’s hoping it’ll be soaked in a boozy custard … Continue reading ROSEMARY, OLIVE & MILK BRINE FOCACCIA
Kitchen folklore will tell you that the first pancake you fry – regardless of your skill level – will always be shit. I can testify that this is often the truth. Frying pancake batter, you need at least one or two crap ones out of the way first so that you can get used to … Continue reading CHOCOLATE BUCKWHEAT PANCAKES WITH ANISE POACHED PEACHES
Both making and eating granola makes me feel like I have my life together. I know there are negative connotations around those who make their own granola – it conjures images of meditation circles, hemp and constantly having a muslin cloth with some dripping homemade labneh hanging over your sink faucet. I promise you can … Continue reading CHOCOLATE, ORANGE & PEANUT GRANOLA
In a digital world that fortunes the pretty and complex, sometimes the reset of preserving something a little familiar, simpler and humbler is the sigh of relief you need. I actually consider it to be a privilege to belong to a generation that knew what it was like to have a part of their lives … Continue reading VANILLA MILK PORRIDGE WITH CARAMELISED BANANAS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 