While every one else I know was waiting for a bird bird to grace the Christmas table, I was preparing a very Spanish Xmas dish: Cocido de Navidad; or Putxero, if you speak Valencian/ Catalan. Cocido (Madrileño) is a complex stew of a variety of meats and chickpeas, popular on Sundays and feast days, started…
The fire is on and there is a Polish Kapuśniak with Buraczki on the table – all is well. I still remember the cold winters in the UK, when it used to be part of Europe – seems so long ago now – and I remember the joy in discovering a polish café near Ravenscourt…
These are strange times indeed! I’ve never been the kind of person who happily cooks through a repertoire of dozen or so of favourite dishes, I like to travel, I like variety. During the first lockdown, with time on my side, I found an Afghan red bean curry recipe, tweaked it and served it with…
Homity pie, or Devon pie for Devonians, is a traditional potato and leek open pie that gained popularity with the Land Girls during the rationing of the Second World War. During the vegetarian revolution of the Sixties, it became a firm favourite on the menu of the veggie pioneers, Cranks. Traditionally served on its own…
Lemon & thyme chicken with cauliflower rice If you’re looking for more than calories from your meal, then blitz some cauliflower and use that to soak up the flavours. Just try to blitz your cauliflower rice 40 minutes before you plate up and you will be rewarded with maxed out sulforaphane production. This Persian inspired…