I bought myself a copy of Kylie Kwong’s latest book My China: Stories and Recipes from My Homeland the other week in the January sales, it’s a lovely book full of photography that makes you want to pack your suitcase and head for the nearest airport, China being your destination of choice. I’ve read several poor [...]
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You might remember sometime back that I mentioned my Dad was away in Germany on a business trip, well I’ve finally managed to get round to blogging about it. My Dad works for ThyssenKrupp Stainless UK Ltd, a company who have branches throughout Europe including Germany, hence the trip. Despite my Dad not having all [...]
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Maybe in a past life I could have been a Pizzaiolo (or maybe that should be Piazzaiola as I’m a female?), anyhow a pizza chef; now if that was in Italy I reckon I’d have been one very happy woman Not that I’m bragging or anything but I’m so pleased with the pizzas I make, [...]
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Following on from my last post about my Dad going to Norfolk to restock the freezer, I can’t resist telling you about the delightful dinner we had of line caught sustainable cod with shrimp, which I served with mashed potatoes and some fabulous chard Dad picked up on the way home from an organic store [...]
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The lovely Miriam from Hong Kong inspired dinner tonight, she’d sent me a large pack of lovely noodles along with various other goodies and they were screaming out to be used. Combining these with the new purchase of Chinese Food Made Easy (Ching-He Huang) and the necessity to use up two crabs which I’d defrosted, meant only one thing: Chilli [...]
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Yesterday I cooked one of my favourite comfort food meals, fish pie, it really is such a nursery classic. You may remember the last time I blogged about a fish pie I’d used a recipe from The Good Granny Cookbook: Traditional Favourites for Modern Familiesby Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall, this time I used her son Hugh’s recipe with [...]
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Once again tonights evening meal was a race against the clock, although now that my official working week is reduced to two days only this should start to become a thing of the past; for the majority of the time at least Why the rush tonight then? Well my dad doesn’t get home from work [...]
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During my early teenage years my family and I spent several holidays in the Sunshine State of Florida, mainly in the Florida Keys, yes we did Disney too but the Keys offered so much more for us – a chance to see the ‘real’ Florida, eat well and relax. One of my favourite foods to [...]
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Lobsters have become somewhat a luxury item haven’t they, and this seems to have caused some need for chefs to get ultra-creative with them, why??? What is wrong with cooking them simply so as to enjoy their own natural flavours and sweetness to the fullest? It is one culinary thing I just don’t understand. So having brought plenty [...]
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Having spent the morning with my dad creating a Mediterranean oasis of a garden in what could only be described as Mediterranean weather, I wanted food to match. Yes everything is looking a little sparse at the moment, but it won’t be long before the flowers are all in bloom, what a site to behold it will [...]
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Prawns feature frequently in tapas dishes, I guess it’s because they’re very popular and quick to cook to order. They’re certainly one of my favourites, especially served in a ‘pil pil’ style. Tapas refers to the small plates or mouthfuls of food served along side drinks in Spanish bars. The original tapas were the slices [...]
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