Whenever I am away from my Kitchen for an extended period, I always start missing it like a family member. I start feeling like I’ve neglected it. Like it’s pining for me. Like it’s waiting for me to respond to a text that I’ve left on two passive aggressive blue ticks. I’ve had a manic … Continue reading SCRATCH BREADCRUMB & BACON PASTA
I’ve been baking chicken and rice together for quite some time. The comfort of knowing 2/3rds of my meal is tinkering away in the oven when all I then need to do is rustle up some veg on a stove top provides a comfort I welcome with both arms. But this version, with the spooky … Continue reading ONE PAN BAKED CHICKEN & BLACK RICE
I’m disgusting. There is no other word that comes to mind quicker when I think of a descriptive word for my appetite, other than disgusting. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not an adjective I scoff at or am ashamed of, but ultimately I do have a disgusting appetite. There are no food groups I ostracise … Continue reading CHILI & GARLIC SALT CHICKEN CRACKLING
I am somewhat of a dragon when it comes to curry. I want fire in my mouth. I am the kind of freak who will order a curry in a restaurant and then ask for a small bowl of chillies on the side. I don’t fuck about with curries. However, having said that, every now … Continue reading THAI BUTTER CHICKEN CURRY
‘Teach me how to cook’, he said. Domestic cooks will always shudder at the thought. Despite the fact that writing and sharing recipes like I do means that I do this very thing very regularly, it’s always funny when someone asks you of an evening to teach them how to cook, when what you was … Continue reading JERK(ISH) WINGS WITH WATERMELON & MINT SALAD
If I told you this was my hangover food you would either think I am lying or that I need to be sectioned. I can’t argue with the latter but I cannot agree with the former. This is the meal I made for myself when I was wallowing in the fiery pits of my hangover … Continue reading SHREDDED CHICKEN & PEA BROTH WITH HERB DUMPLINGS
A good 90% of this website is chicken based. I could be a colonel. But every time you see a recipe for chicken here, you can normally count on it being roasted. You could bet good money on it. And if you want to make even MORE money, you can bet that it was also … Continue reading BEER & CARAWAY GLAZED CHICKEN WITH MINI JACKETS & BLUE CHEESE SAUCE
The gift of being a food writer is that any piece of random paper you find in my apartment will probably have some form of recipe scrawled over it. Ideas for recipes, half written recipes, trials gone wrong, old recipes revamped, ingredients I want to try, recipes I never want to try again… any given … Continue reading LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN & PISTACHIO PILAF
While there is something of a celebratory nature to eating a chicken, I’m always comforted by how easy one is to cook. I believe when people think of roasting a whole chicken, the thought of having to cook a full Sunday roast goes with it which brings on a slight sense of panic and distortion. … Continue reading ROSEMARY BUTTER CHICKEN & ROAST GRAPES
I am a very tactile eater. When faced with menu options or cooking for friends, my primitive instinct will always be to cook something I can eat with my hands. There’s just something so comforting about hand to mouth eating, it takes out the middle man maybe? It’s an independent ‘who needs a fork?!’ kind … Continue reading BUTTERMILK RITZ CHICKEN WINGS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 