Restaurant food at home
We recently purchased some of these lovely Italian biscuits, Tuscan delicacy before anyone says anything. Beautiful to look at and eat. I then realised that they are almost £1 each! I said to my wife thats outrageous, she then proclaimed that almonds are an expensive nut! You can tell who […]
Cooking life is not letting up. Which is great. Quite a few more pop-ups and events are being put into the diary. Keep checking my events page for details. I will be serving this treacle tart at next weeks pop-up. Sadly its all sold out. Like everything I cook, I […]
This dish is one that was going to appear on the Italian round of MasterChef. Luckily I managed to get a bye through that round, so the recipe is still mine. I’ve already got a mushroom risotto on this website, but I’ve work on the already good recipe and turned […]
If you can’t make it to The Southbank Centre in London next week to try my menu, here at least is the dessert. I can’t remember where I got the inspiration, it was just one of those light bulb moments. Have you ever seen an affogato that isn’t coffee? The […]
Things are as busy as ever. Which is great. I’m currently concentrating on next weeks event at The Rivals, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. The team are great and have been so helpful. Anyone that is coming to the sold out event I hope you enjoy it as much as I […]
I first made this dish years ago. As I always want to learn new things, I very rarely cook it though. Despite this recipe being my most re-pinned out of everything I have ever made. I’ve tweaked it over the years, but keep coming back to the way I first […]
This is such a simple dish, but packed full of flavour. It makes great use of mackerel, even for those who are frightened of it. The sauce is addictive, possibly the best use of tahini ever.
Apologies for my absence in the blogging world. Life has been pretty hectic with the new kitchen, work and the garden!! See below. I’ve not stopped cooking, just not had a spare 30-45 minutes to sit down and write. This dish came from my love of cauliflower. It has cauliflower […]
I may have mentioned in the last post or two that we are about to embark on a new kitchen refurbishment. This has led me to trawl through my archives of dishes that I hadn’t blogged about. This gorgeous looking dish got my eye. Not only does it look great, […]