CHICKEN
LEMON CHICKEN WITH FENNEL
Why save a roast for the weekend?
We get caught in a 'sunday' roast mentality - saving the sounds and sensations for the seventh day. But roasting up in the middle of a dreary week can really bring cheer to the kitchen and makes wonderful leftovers.
POORLY CHICKEN SOUP
There is a reason why traditionally a little chicken soup is considered a reviving recuperative broth that will delicately bring your system back into operational order. This version adds a healthy dose of cumin, which has a powerful calming effect on digestive disorders, egg which is ideal for binding and lime juice for its sedative properties on the stomach.
SPICED SUNDAY CHICKEN
One of the best ways to induce flavour into a chicken is to get under its skin. By that I mean, just gently (using your fingers of course) easing the skin away from the flesh. This method is great for putting herbs or even wafer thin slices of lemon (see Midweek Chicken with Lemon and Fennel). [...]
CHICKEN AND SAGE RISOTTO
See post Making Risottos Chop the sage into the pan when you are softening the finely chopped shallots. This dish is best made with stock from the carcass of leftover chicken and its flesh, which you shred and add at the end.
CHICKEN STOCK
Some ideas for making delicious soups
When it comes to cooking, there is nothing simpler and more satisfying to make as soup. You can have completely free reign to concoct any mixture of ingredients you want.
COMING BACK TO MY ROOTS
Different ways of using a horseradish root
An unexpected recent encounter was with a vast horseradish plant towering in a corner of the garden. It’s a delicious vegetable if used with caution.
DINING
ISLINGTON BARN
It struck me a while back when someone I know who lives in Islington said 'there's no-where to eat' in Upper St. So I walked along a couple of times and realise [...]
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
LEMON CHICKEN WITH FENNEL
I reckon we get caught in a 'sunday' roast mentality - saving the sounds and sensations for the seventh day. But roasting up in the middle of a dreary week can [...]
EATING
THE DISHES I COOK
Quite often I am asked what sort of food I cook. After all how would you know what to expect from one of my pop-ups? It's the leap of faith presented by cooking [...]
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FOODCYCLE
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