Rack of Veal Cooked in Milk
I've just been painting the nursery (no not the one with the lamps) with this natural paint that's entirely mineral based and cuts down on the…
Steamed Buns and Peking Duck
Just because I think that a month or so is long enough for a picture of a box of broadbeans. Here are some steamed buns I made for a dinner party a month or…
Something to put under a steak
Broad beans are in season. I was reminded of this when a red faced man came in to an art exhibition I was at with a box full of them. I couldn't…
Everything I know about food in the context of a stodgy looking plate of lamb and green lentils
Technically it's a braise and that's often the cooking method of choice for cheaper and tougher cuts but that doesn't exclude other cuts. The…
Spice Mountain
The fruit of my labour is a big pile of randomly stacked boxes. Spice Spring issue is out and details are all here . You should get one, it's…
Assorted things to show and tell
I've been meaning to show off my highly desirable damascan steel Shun cleaver. It's been a torrid three month's and I don't want to kiss…
Ducklava
Birthday necessitated dinner party as part of week long 'festival of birthday'. Ducklava Don't know where this idea came from. I guess if you…
Dishy
I've actually managed to combine my two favourite things in the world – food and outdated repair manuals. It started with seeing one of the many…
Spice Winter
Ah yeah Spice Winter (Issue 7) is out. It's an odd one but a good one. Not odd as in stories on Victorian Era Magnetic Therapies odd (that's Autumn…
Pineapple
A lot of people underestimate the power of a little presentation to turn food, into an occasion, not me. PS If you anyone can fabricate a bar-sized version…