When I first decided I wanted to have a go at writing, and that food would be the central theme running through it, there was one person who inspired me above all others. To read anything by Nigel Slater is to be led into a world where every flavour sparks a memory. Every new taste …
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Tomato & cheese muffins
There’s something strange about my relationship with tomatoes. They’re one of the items I cook with most often. Chopped, diced or pureed, they find their way into so much of what I make. I’ll happily hunt out cans of San Marzano, tinned tomatoes so good you can use them as a sauce without really needing …
Exploring closer to home
I’m currently reading Pie Fidelity by Pete Brown. A fascinating book that looks into the strange relationship we British have with our food. It’s not that we don’t like food, don’t obsess about food in many cases. It’s that we seem to find it so important where it originates from. He argues that most of …
Cardamom, apple & nut cake
When I first started to bake, the recipe was everything. I had to have each stipulated ingredient, I had to adhere to every step of the process and the oven time couldn’t be a minute more or less than what was stated on the page. But things are different now Partially it’s down to experience, …
Not So Blue Monday
It’s #BlueMonday. I didn’t know there was such a thing, and as with all these sorts of days, I’m not sure who designated it so. Probably someone trying to sell you something to cheer you up. Rest assured, I’m not going to do that. All I will say is if the weather is as rotten …
Can I get you a dessert menu?
I hadn’t intended to go down the dessert route. So says the glutton who’s long since lost all sense of direction when it comes to sweet treats. But it’s my story and I’m sticking to it. Or is that the sugar on my fingers? We’d gone out for lunch, a midweek trip to use a …
Fyriskaka
As much as I admire the sentiment and applaud those taking part, Veganuary and Dry January are passing me by again. I know there’s been the inevitable overindulgence during the holiday period, not helped in my case by having a January 1st birthday. All of this followed by a week where ‘we better just finish …
Sometimes it’s not the writing
Sometimes it’s not the writing. It’s what to write about. I’m sure there’s supposed to be a goal when I sit down in front of a blank document. An ambition to fill it with prose which will leave any eventual readers interested stimulated and keen to come back for more. But it’s easier said (or …
A bread to brighten your day
I don’t think there’s ever been a time when the urge to shut myself away in the kitchen and bake has been stronger. The world feels as if it’s going to hell in a handbasket, the UK is reduced to changing Prime Minister every few weeks, even the Great British Bake Off is proving to …
Beetroot, caraway & goat’s cheese bread.
First of all an admission. Under any other circumstances than this recipe, I don’t like beetroot and I certainly wouldn’t expect to find it cropping up here again in a hurry. For a long time now we’ve subscribed to a regular organic veg box service. Great at the best of times and an absolute godsend …
David in the kitchen. 