how to cook couscous – even people who normally find it boring think this is not
“You probably began exchanging gastronomic intimacies as early as your first date, and by now she must be dying to taste some of the specialties you’ve describe...
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Halloumi Kebabs With Peanut Butter Sauce
I have a lot to thank my vegetarian colleague for. I wouldn’t normally eat strictly vegetarian food, but increasingly I am finding that there is much to be said...
Smoking Gentle Giant Beans with Cheese and Spinach
Love at first sightOszkar, one of our Hungarian Vizslas, fell in love with a brindle Great Dane called Jazz. I will never forget one heart-stopping moment ...
About Poppadoms – What They Are and How To Cook Them to Perfection
There are many ways of spelling poppadoms – papadum, papadom, poppadam, and even papad to name just a few.However, almost all are made with black gram flour...
Duck livers – a dead simple method and a very slightly more sophisticated concept
We recently had to collect a colleague from Schipol airport horridly early in the morning. We made it bearable by staying nearby in the old Dutch village of Abc...
Blank canvas two peas and pumpkin seed salad
This recipe is for a sort of contradiction in terms – an interesting and original green salad! It’s very good in its own right – the sugar snap peas and the see...
Elegant, Little-Black-Dress-useful, kitchen garden soup
"All these people eating raw food and then having terrible wind and digestive problems. Just cook your vegetables. Have a soup"
Super-facialist Alexandra Sover...
Melon, bacon and prawn starter
This starter is a sort of creative take on the classic sweet and salty melon and prosciutto combo. In this version the saltiness comes from the prawns and the b...
The low-down on kalettes: what they are and fifteen ways to cook them
Just before Christmas I was invited to a dinner party. Well, in fact it was more of a thrown-together party. Originally we thought we were the only guests, but ...
Peach, sheeps’ cheese and basil salad
The salty tanginess of the strong cheese cuts through the sweetness of the peach exquisitely. Both the basil and the pepper add depth.If you like you can gr...