My mother’s new house in the green flecked paddocks of Berry has an orchard. At my sister’s place, down a thin rough road baby chickens have just hatched. It’s spring in their fields. On the other side of the world the leaves on my stoop have turned. It’s amber and gold underfoot and the air […]
goat cheese
Sometimes when I’m on my own I eat cherry tomatoes with a sprinkle of salt and a glass of pink wine for dinner. Sometimes I’m sensible, follow my own advice and turn to one of my ‘cooking for one’s recipes – most often the sea bass with green beans and burnt butter and almonds or […]
Oscarsfeast continues The dish: The film: A story about an orphan boy who lives in the clocks in Paris’ Gare Montparnasse station in 1930 and the magic of cinema. This Boursin soufflé does not stand in for Hugo because a baguette with Boursin cheese is the classic picnic to take on a train. It does […]
A sunken soufflé I could say it was about the figs. There were dark, oozing figs at the market which looked like a bruise. I wanted to make them better. I could say it was about the 4/5ths of a log of goat’s curd skulking in the corner of the fridge, threatening to turn yellow […]
Lemon, garlic and chilli. There’s not a lot that these three can’t do. Brighten a bland piece of toast with ricotta? Um; yes. Add life to a bowl of spaghetti? Of course they can. Make me feel better when I’m a little poorly? Cross fingers… This zippy little trio of lemon, garlic and chilli is […]