When I was in San Francisco not so long back, I went to a seafood restaurant and ordered something spooky on the menu called ‘Shrimps & Wine’. It combined two fundamentally gorgeous things, obviously, so it made sense to order it. I was also pissed at this point. I was half expecting a pasta dish … Continue reading PRAWNS & MUSSELS IN GARLIC BUTTER WINE
I’m still veggie 5 days a week I promise. But what I do allow myself is a little bit of fish. So technically I’m pescatarian, right? I’m just a pest, I think. But yes, this is now my second quinoa recipe in two weeks. I am definitely becoming someone I would normally make fun of. … Continue reading MACKEREL & APRICOT QUINOA
This is the kind of dish you are so thankful for when you have a busy evening. This is the dish I have thrown together on say, a Friday night when I’ve burst in from work and want something quick, simple and light so that I can burst back out the door to go for … Continue reading MALAYSIAN RICE NOODLES
Fish Sauce may sound disgusting to you, but I’m going to need you to put aside some of your reservation. Because this salad is genuinely to die for it. It’s sweet, salty, spiky – and most of all good for you, I guess? Which doesn’t matter to a lot of people but the nutritional benefits … Continue reading NAM PLA SEAFOOD SALAD
‘Eat. Done. Enjoyed. Time to drink…’ This bruschetta is my saviour. It’s perfect when you know you have a long night ahead of you. This may or may not contain alcohol, but I’ll mind my business. It’s that kind of ‘excuse’ lunch, i.e. I’m eating something to ‘fill a hole’, it just so happens to … Continue reading TOMATO & ANCHOVY BRUSCHETTA
‘It’s the kind of dish you could serve to your friends and have an air of ‘I got my sh** together’ about it…’ So I wanted to turn a normal fish supper into a South Asian feast. I mean, who doesn’t? I’m always hoodwinked by Asian influence when I’m cooking – particularly when I’m looking … Continue reading SRI LANKAN FISH WITH CURRIED CASHEW CAULIFLOWER RICE
‘Quick. Healthy. Still heart. Sticky…’ Throwing this recipe together is an absolute breeze. The kind of breeze you’re looking for on a Thursday. Because Fridays have no business in having a low-calorie anything so this is the perfect thing to cap off your virtuous week. For a while I was sceptical of beetroot purely because … Continue reading HONEY SOY GLAZED SALMON WITH BEETROOT & ASPARAGUS SALAD
‘Sometimes some self-restraint has the most fantastic results…’ Now this is a recipe that turned my friends stomach when I first mentioned because a ‘broccoli mash’ just sounds like it’s not going to be great, does it? But believe me, the mash is a perfect contradiction of sweet against sharpness and has the consistency of … Continue reading GINGER RICE WINE FISH WITH BROCCOLI & PEA MASH
“Back alleys, supermarket aisles, untapped phone conversations, confession boxes… I have no idea where the samphire discussions are taking place but I want to be a part of it”. Just when I think my palette is versatile in its flavour adventures, every now and then an ingredient will crop up that has never crossed my … Continue reading LIME SOY COD WITH HONEY SPICED SAMPHIRE
‘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
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 