Restaurant food at home
My wife made a wonderful orange/beef/rice dish a couple of days before we had this. The rice was excellent but the beef needed some work. Needless to say I went about interpreting the dish my own way. Plus trying to make it look a bit more elegant at the table. […]
I have been asked to write an article on how I go about my business using up all of my ingredients. In todays world, waste is a real crime and we all do it from time to time, but with a little forethought we can all help use up even […]
I do like to understate things rather than over egging them. I’d much rather have a surprise than a disappointment any day. If this dish read as it does on the menu, there wouldn’t be much to write home about. Once I tell you that this dish is made up […]
It’s not exactly proper salad weather in the UK, but if its relatively warm (15°c+) and it’s not raining, BBQs and salad become compulsory. A salad by definition is just a collection of small pieces of food, served cold. With a little imagination some beautiful dishes can be created with […]
May has been a rather busy month, so much so I’ve barely had a minute to spend in front of the computer. I crossed the atlantic six times in May, twelve if you count there and back. Plus I’ve just had to have five days in Miami. There are still […]
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 […]
One of my all time favourite foods are scallops. I only ever eat them as a starter though and always want more. This led me to try and devise a main course scallop dish. This is the first version of it. I have a second of a Maldivian curry. This […]
How could I resist some plump looking artichokes in the supermarket the other day. Well, as they are a faff I can quite easily look the other way. I thought they can’t be that difficult to prepare though, so why not. The sauce a la bigarade is a more […]
It’s almost Spring here in the UK, a little bit of wishful thinking never hurt anyone. I’ve never been a big panna cotta lover. Maybe too many have been too hard. If I wanted to eat cold hard cream, I can’t usually see past ice cream. I came across this […]