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...
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Elegant, Little-Black-Dress-useful, kitchen garden soup
I got this incredibly utilitarian recipe out of an incredibly unutilitarian magazine – Vogue – some decades ago.It’s basically a way of using up all the sli...
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...
Coconut rice for a bridegroom
So last month we were off to India for a wedding.A face full of, lucky, coconutThe featured image above shows a religious Hindu wedding ceremony involv...
Old Friend Cream Cheese and Sweet Chilli – instant with drinks
We went to visit some old-slipper type friends not long ago. These are the sort of friends with whom you can pick up a conversation left off a year or so previo...
Courgettes and Apple Balsamic Vinegar
I bought a bottle of apple balsamic vinegar because it looked intriguing - and then I wondered what to do with it. After concerted experimentation I found it we...
Sunset-inspired No-reds-in-the-bed Agnostic Cabbage
"Sometimes the nuances became quite elaborate. In an Orléans restaurant, over a plate of beef cheek, Jandin explained that, although everyone ate red cabbage in...
Velvet Pioppini – Fairytale Funghi
Wandering happily around a wonderful Italian supermarket in Aosta, I came upon some beautiful, miniature mushrooms labelled pholiota aegerita. They looked as if...