Restaurant food at home
Now I’m all for trends and keeping up with fashion in the gourmet world. There are days though, when you discover a classic and realise that what you were served for school dinners, was not how they should have been. These duchess potatoes especially. They are my new go to […]
This weeks dish is a tale of two halves. The chicken piccata has been adjusted to my own tastes. It is a great midweek dish full of flavour, zing and filling. The potatoes are my latest pomme de terre creation. They do look amazing, and surprisingly tasted as good as […]
I’ve been asked to showcase a couple of Dan Moon’s (see below) recipes. Dan has taken over as head chef of Ston Easton Park, a most majestic country estate in the South West, lying on the edge of the Mendip hills. Perfect relaxation and beautiful food await. Today I have interpreted […]
Happy New Year everyone. It is the season to eat lighter food, so this is a perfect opportunity to roll out one of my favourite fish dishes. This dish is packed full of many different flavours making it incredibly satisfying. The crust is made ahead and rolled between two […]
I have to admit to acting on impulse on this one. I have never thought about having a massive lobster for Christmas dinner, but next year, I may just do that. This beauty was in the supermarket as a Christmas special, it was 1.5kg in weight and £20. I […]
There’s nothing like finding a big box of mixed beetroots to inspire a cook. I absolutely adore beetroot. The standard purple is a little draining on a plate, but the golden and chioggia varieties are a true work of natural art. My favourite way of cooking them is simply by […]
For those of you that follow my blog, you will know it’s very rare that I ever cook something traditional. I believe the entire point of my blog, and the blogging community is to share our new ideas and finds. There are a million recipes for bolognese and it’s […]
For a change of tact today, I have decided to concentrate on giving a few tips on how I go about presenting my dishes. My good friends at Ellenborough Park sent through this graphic of how they lay their tables. Mine looks like this: They also sent me a few recipes, the […]
As the maximum temperature in Manchester yesterday was 8°c, I think it’s fair to say winter is on its way. Bearing that in might I have a wonderful, cheap winter warmer. I love pork but I find it the most difficult meat to get right, as it will dry […]