I have a real thing about chicken bones, but only once cooked. Strangely enough I can joint and debone a raw bird but when it comes to handling such things as cooked chicken drumsticks I just cannot bring myself to do it, let alone eat one. Please someone tell me I’m not alone in this [...]
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Yesterday I bought a huge free range organic Sherwood White Chicken from my local butchers and simply roasted it in the form of Lemon Chicken from Feast: Food That Celebrates Life by Nigella Lawson. This has to be one of my favourite ways to roast a chicken, especially with side dishes of sticky herby roast potatoes and cauliflower cheese, also [...]
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Or for those of you who aren’t conversant in Gaeilge I’ll translate, Fond Food Memories. Whilst drinking my early morning cup of tea and perusing my kitchen bookshelves today, I was transported back in my mind to one of my many holidays in Ireland (Dublin to be precise). That is something I often find [...]
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaBAfMmKc90&rel=1] What better to go alongside a fabulous meal than some good mood enhancing music. Harem (Sarah Brigtman) really suits the mood of Middle Eastern Food. This 2003 album was Middle Eastern-themed, influenced by dance music. On Harem, Brightman collaborated with artists such as Ofra Haza and Iraqi singer Kazem al-Saher. Nigel Kennedy contributed violin [...]
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Real Food by Nigel Slater is a wonderful book, split into chapters relating to Nigel’s favourite foods: potatoes, chicken, sausages, garlic, bread, Cheese, ice-cream and chocolate. I think I find this book so enjoyable because his favourite foods echo my ideas of food heaven too. The book is full of glossy photo’s which are inspirational [...]
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Who said leftovers are boring? Well whoever it was obviously didn’t have a lot of inventive thought in the culinary department. Using up some of our turkey and ham leftovers from Christmas I followed Nigella Lawson’s recipe for Turkey & Ham Pie (which can be found in Feast: Food That Celebrates Life), it has got [...]
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I received the amazing 1080 Recipes (Simone Ortega, Ines Ortega, and Javier Mariscal) this Christmas and knew immediately that the first thing to cook would have to be a paella . They are the ultimate Spanish food for me. I know there is an awful lot more to Spanish cuisine than this dish, which is [...]
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Inspired by the Aromatic Pumpkin and Chickpea Hotpot (Nigella Lawson recipe) on Pistachio’s blog I decided to create something similar myself based around what I had lurking in my store cupboards. The result was a Thai inspired Chicken & Vegetable Hotpot made from portmerrian squash, sweet potatoes, spring onions, peas, sweetcorn, left over roast chicken [...]
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I’m an ardent Nigella Lawson fan and I owe a lot of my kitchen abilities to her. She was the person who really inspired me to get adventurous in the kitchen – I had a box set of How To Be A Domestic Goddess and How to Eat: Pleasures and Principles of Good Food given to me [...]
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