ASPARAGUS
BELLY PORK WITH ASPARAGUS
Take a flat of belly pork – you need about 10cm wide per person. Slice under the layer of fat and rub fennel seeds, lemon rind and garlic into the incision. Slow cook for 3 hours. When cooked remove the meat from the dish, cover and allow to rest. Take some asparagus and cook it [...]
SALADE CHATELAINE
Even food writers get it wrong.
I don’t usually use this blog as a vehicle for attack. But there is a link. For me Moir’s outrage is sadder because I was impressed by her progress as a food writer. Ever so slightly envious, even.
SORREL SOUP AND SUMMER DAYS
Recipes for a bittersweet salad leaf
I love sorrel. It’s wincing sourness crumples your nose like an old lady at a bus stop. I remember, crouching in the kitchen garden of my childhood, sucking the lemony stalks, one eye half closed.
READING
COOKING WITHOUT RECIPES
Do you envy people who seem to be able to cook with effortless ease. Have you ever wanted to cook like your mother, bringing an endless variety of meals to the [...]
COOKING
MARMALADE, BAKED HAM, DUCK CONFIT
Something about January marks the midset of winter. Cold. Wet. Miserable. Looking forward now to that wonderful March day when the light evenings return. But in [...]
EATING
THE DISHES WE COOK
Quite often I am asked what sort of food my kitchen partner, Mary and I cook at PipsDish. After all how would you know what to expect from one of my pop-ups? It [...]
CAMPAIGNS
KITCHEN TABLE PROJECT
For me, an integral part of business is to find ways to ensure that the community we work in somehow benefits from our success. This is not some sort of pious a [...]
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