The simplest pasta dishes are often the best. Think cacio e pepe, think carbonara, think amatriciana, think gricia. Simple dishes, delivered to the mouth via the gorge vehicle that is pasta. Thank you pasta. Not that I’m placing this recipe in the same canon as the Four Pastas of Rome, but what I’m saying is … Continue reading SUNDRIED TOMATO & ANCHOVY PASTA
There is absolutely no need to make your own butter at home. Shop bought butter is absolute fine – a marvel of dairy brilliance, if you ask me – and is there, rectangle and modestly golden, ready to be scraped across hot toast whenever you need it. Yet here I am, asking you to whisk … Continue reading CARAMELISED LEEK & SMOKE SALT BUTTER
It took me this long to learn that traditional Caesar salads do not come with chicken. Did you know this? I feel like this is something that happened behind my back, because every memory or recollection I have of a Caesar salad is that of chicken. Continue reading MY CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD
I’m giving us a break. We’ve had too many green things and too many savoury things in bowls lately. It’s time for a change around here. Our bowls are demanding something sweet, for mercy’s sake. We’ve proven we’re capable of a little restraint (I didn’t eat that entire loaf of bread myself, I promise) so … Continue reading NO-COOK STRAWBERRY, AMARETTO & ALMOND TRIFLE
Elevate your baked white fish with a simple, flavourful glaze. A mix of olive oil, lemon, garlic, paprika, cumin, honey, and thyme enhances the fish’s natural taste while keep it tender. Continue reading A SMOKEY HONEY GLAZE FOR WHITE FISH
I really hate it when food writing gets a little bit smutty and uncouth because there’s no need. But I also understand that – ‘I’m about to give you a meat rub that will change your life’ – is a sentence that is both smutty and uncouth yet wholly necessary at the same time. Let … Continue reading BROWN SUGAR MEAT RUB (AND A QUICK LEEK & POTATO SOUP)
As I’ve become more mindful this year of making better and healthier choices, I’ve noticed that for some strange reason, this means, eating everything in a bowl. Is it the restorative zen-like feeling of cupping a bowl to bring in that temple like feeling? Not really. Is it that I can pack it with lots … Continue reading SOUPY CARROT LENTILS WITH DILL
I promised a less indulgent new year. Yes I did. I started 2025 with a soup. The first recipe I wrote, the first thing I made, and the first step in a series of good intentions was indeed, a damn soup. This soup, to be exact. Good though it was, let’s be honest, sometimes the … Continue reading SODA BREAD IN A POT
I’ll say it before you do – this is not an actual shawarma recipe. Just getting that out first before there is any confusion. Not confusion on your end, but I just want to know that you know that I know that this isn’t a traditional shawarma. And why? Because a traditional shawarma requires a … Continue reading OVEN-BAKED SHAWARMA-INSPIRED CHICKEN
Hi 2025. You have a high bar to reach. Not going to lie to you, 2024 gave me one of the best years of my life. I won’t list the reasons why and I certainly won’t recap it like you see in Reels on social media, but let’s just say I had a great one … Continue reading PEA, COURGETTE & CHICKPEA SOUP WITH YOGURT & SESAME SEEDS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 