It’s usually in the dark of night with my head on a pillow and an eyemask on my mug that I remember… ‘… oh shit, there’s X in the fridge I need to use up’. This can range from a small box of eggs yolks (unwanted from a pavlova recipe) or even a leggy broccoli … Continue reading BLACK RICE & FETA TABBOULEH
When I serve someone a salad, I want to have something I can feel. I am in the throes of what I’m calling ‘Project Thirst Bod’ which means I want to trim down my dad bod and get to a place where I can at least get topless by a pool without feeling as though … Continue reading SPICED SQUASH & BLACK EYED PEA SALAD WITH LEMON MUSTARD DRESSING
“There is no such thing as Italian cooking”. This was the first thing my mentor Marcella told me as we sat down for my first cookery lesson in Florence. Sat between two bookcases of thick cookbooks (some of which were her own) and cradling an espresso in her hands, Marcella told me that Italian cooking … Continue reading FLORENTINE RAGÙ
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
Often times, marmalade straddles the thin line of retro cool and old lady cringe. It’s a line I straddle like a rodeo clown. I straddle it with a smile. A good marmalade is like a man with good money, good manners and good sense. So difficult to come by. In fact, the only good marmalade … Continue reading CARROT & GINGER MARMALADE
I got nervous. When I decided to switch my mind-set to that of a vegetarian 5 days a week, something that made me slightly nervous was how I was going to maintain my appetite for Indian food. So much of my Eastern inspired cooking relied on meats, fish and meat-based stock, I was slightly nervous … Continue reading RED LENTIL & COURGETTE DHAL
‘When it comes to the confines of how I disgustingly consume meat, the limit does not exist…’ Despite the fact that food is one of the single most important components of my life, I am also man enough to admit that sometimes I am busy and have other things to do. Please don’t read this … Continue reading BAKED BOLOGNESE
‘The first thing I ever cooked for a boy…’ ‘Cooking is not your forte’. That’s what he said to me after three mouthfuls of my bacon and mushroom risotto. It was the first thing I ever cooked for a boy. There he was, sat opposite me at my mother’s big dining table, spooning rice into … Continue reading CURRIED CRAB RISOTTO
‘I will never throwing anything away…’ More leftover recipes I promised and more leftover recipes I have. Unfortunately though I do believe this is the last of my leftover meat suggestions as I have now finished my stolen meat supply. Alas, it has lasted me through shredded tacos, curries, sandwiches, crackers and even just taking … Continue reading ROAST SQUASH & LEEKS WITH THYME AND BUTTERMILK SAUCE
‘A delicious way of saluting the bird that makes Christmas what it is. And I’m not talking about your mother…’ I consider myself somewhat of a kleptomaniac whenever I go home to visit my mother because I cannot stop myself from stealing. I think it’s some kind of leftover mind-set from being a University student and … Continue reading THAI TURKEY CURRY WITH ALMONDS AND GREENS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 