Summer Crab Risotto
Risotto – that deliciously creamy, oozing puddle that ripples across your plate with the grace of a calm Mediterranean tide. Lovely tasting, lovely sounding, normally lovely to make…. except when you...
View ArticleRed Wine Braised Ox Cheeks
The very disconcerting climate of this November ‘spring’ has made me edgy. I don’t like to be hot in November. November is when the first lacy glimmers of ice appear at window edges, when the crunch...
View ArticleSweetcorn Polenta with Aubergine
Vegetables are currently a deep-rooted trend. Previously silenced by the deafening chomps of rib-munching carnivores, vegetarianism is now considered the wise choice, the sensible lifestyle, and the...
View ArticleFresh Girolles with Burford Brown Egg, Parsley, Garlic and Lemon
I know it’s been a while. OK, more than a while. Life gets busy, and when I say busy, I mean 17-hour-day-no-sleep-no-life kind of busy (the oh-so-glamorous world of TV). So very sadly and...
View ArticleBajan Macaroni Pie
Sun, sea and sand Pearly white sands, disco-glittering turquoise sea, sighing palm trees swaying casually in the light tropical breeze. Barbados. Ten glorious care-free days never went by so quickly....
View ArticleMexican Braised Beef Tacos with Pink Pickled Onions and Guacamole
Taco Fiesta One of my clearest memories of travelling in Central America was an incredible understated breakfast that I had on the side of a sandy dusty road in Honduras. Up at the crack of dawn to...
View ArticlePatty & Bun
Welcome to Patty & Bun… The burgers at Patty & Bun are total dudes. If burgers could walk, these would swagger. They would be wearing a leather jacket. They would be achingly cool. Right...
View ArticleHong Kong-inspired Crispy Duck
Lamma Island Looming up in a fistful of skyscraper digits, Hong Kong is a clash of cultures, a city in the tropics, an infectious buzzing throng in a cocoon of tranquillity. Two of my best friends...
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