Restaurant food at home
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 […]
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’m not going to apologise for my blogging absence, as the only things that have been going on around here are microwave meals and garden building. The kitchen is nearly there, just missing a larder cupboard which had to be ordered at the end for specific size purposes. Yesterday the […]
I had a spate of going dessert mad last year. I felt my culinary dessert bank was a little weak. In one week we had my oeufs a la niege, a chocolate fondant with peanut butter ice cream. It was a very tasty week. Not convinced my insides or teeth […]
I am so pleased to say there is finally a mini top class restaurant revolution in the North West of England. Hispi is a relatively new restaurant from the people behind the Sticky Walnut in Chester. There are also a few new high end restaurants afoot in the city centre. […]
I’ve been fairly busy of late. Well, I say busy, but I’ve been on the beach for a week. All in the name of work. It does mean I’m away from the computer for a while and then I spend my days off chasing my tail. Of those days off […]
How to host a dinner party? Sounds simple, I mean we feed ourselves everyday. How difficult can it be to feed a few extra mouths? Depending on how much thought you put into it, very. From classic mistakes like putting the grill on rather than the oven. To something not […]