This is not, not a risotto? Right? Even typing that I can feel the weight of disapproval from my Italian cooking mentor, Antonella, who would absolutely tell me this is not a risotto, but I can’t help myself and I’m sure she’d understand. There’s a time and a place for a proper, stove side stirring … Continue reading MUSHROOMS & PEARL BARLEY
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
‘Pass the pumpkin, please’. Said about three British people over the course of centuries. And why? Because the pumpkin is now nothing more than a Halloween decoration and seldom will it see the interior of our ovens. Think of it as a pissed off bauble. And it has every right to be. Us Brits tend … Continue reading TARRAGON & BROWN SUGAR PUMPKIN WITH ALMONDS & BLUE CHEESE
Upon hearing that I was a food writer who shares recipes, someone once rolled their eyes and sarcastically asked ‘So what… he writes a recipe for a Caprese Salad and thinks he’s reinvented it?’ One could argue this person has never experienced a real passion (poor cow) but another would argue this person has missed … Continue reading CAPRESE SALAD WITH PROSCIUTTO
It’s up to you whether or not you like your roast potatoes as a holy unit that needn’t be messed with or like me, you love it so much that you want to worship them in every form in which they can manifest. If you fall into the latter category – pray with me. It’s … Continue reading BASHED POTATOES WITH CELERY SALT
There is a small part of me that borders on the embarrassed when I caveat a recipe with an apology for it’s simplicity. But why, in terms of cooking, should simplicity even be scorned? Surely that’s what we’re looking for, right? Recipes that require the least amount of skill, the least amount of time, the … Continue reading POTATO ROSTIS
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 PURPLE KIMCHI
I’m sure right now we’re all in a position where we’re staring deep into the souls of our fridges and asking for answers. Now you may not find the cure to Coronavirus lurking behind that ketchup bottle and scraggly onion, but I’m almost certain you will find the ingredients you need to fling together a … Continue reading FRIDGE RAID TRAY BAKE WITH HALLOUMI & PESTO
As culturually insensitive and as culinary inappropriate as this may sound, I always think of dal as a confused bolognese. Hear me out. It straddles the line of curry… and bolognese… but is absolutely neither… but kind of both at the same time? Nothing like a bolognese in flavour or components but everything like it … Continue reading BEETROOT & COCONUT DAL WITH QUICK CUCUMBER PICKLES
I am grief stricken when I don’t have a dipping utensil in the house. Whether this be bread, tortillas, pitas… any sort of carbohydrate I can dunk, dip and slather… I feel a type of ways when I don’t have it in the house. The good news is, if you have flour and water in … Continue reading WHOLEMEAL FLATBREADS WITH FETA & RED PEPPER HUMMUS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 