Travel tips-Restaurant reviews-Recipes
I used to cook this dish so often that I was surprised, when I thought of making it tonight, to discover that it wasn’t already on the blog. There are so many recipes here now that sometimes I think, I’ll make ‘whatever’ and write it up, only to discover I did that two or three […]
Read MoreOften a meal is the final part of a journey. Or it is for someone like me whose mind is often taken up by thoughts of food. Tonight’s supper was the last stage of a journey that began in Barrafina yesterday lunchtime, after I’d been to see the new ‘Vogue 100: A Century of Style’ […]
Read MoreI just loved the salad I had at the wonderful Barrafina recently: Fennel, Comice Pear & Radish … … It was so simple but perfectly put together and balanced and of course I knew immediately I’d want to recreate it at home some time. At Barrafina I ordered some Salt Cod Fritters to go with […]
Read MoreI loved the Livorno style baccalà – salt cod – I had last week at the Orso regional dinner when they ‘visited’ Tuscany. I found a recipe in Antonio Carluccio’s Italia book and was keen to try it out for myself. Carluccio uses red mullet, which I found in a lot of recipes for this dish […]
Read MoreI try to eat fish a couple of times a week, not just for health benefits but because I love it, and some fish on my supper menu was definitely overdue. I’ve talked before about the wonderful fishmonger, Sandys, in Twickenham high street and I stopped by there this morning and bought a nice fillet […]
Read MoreI made this dish the evening Linda and George arrived to stay, a week or so ago. They’d driven from Paris that day and this was the kind of dish that would be quite special yet easily put together once they arrived. I’ve often made linguine with just prawns (click here) but I saw some […]
Read MoreIt’s been such a lovely, truly summery day that I decided some fish for supper would be perfect. I eat fish all year round but there’s something wonderful about lightly cooked fish served simply that is reminiscent of summer holidays on the Mediterranean, fish caught from the sea and almost straight into a pan or […]
Read MoreI braved the long Saturday queue at Sandy’s fishmongers in Twickenham today on my way back from coffee in Richmond. I fancied fish for supper. Outside the world seemed slightly mad. It was a big rugby match day; part of the fun and sometimes irritation of living in Twickenham. The rugby crowds (75,000 today) are […]
Read MoreMy good friend Linda is over from Spain this week and I wanted to cook something a little special when she came round for supper last night. I decided to recreate a meal I’d cooked at the weekend with my daughter Nicola, after the Whisky Festival in Birmingham. It was Nicola’s idea to make a vegetable […]
Read MoreIt’s a rare thing – it may even be a first – for the Single Gourmet Traveller to do a culinary Atlantic crossing and cook ‘American’. I put this in quote marks as I certainly don’t wish to offend my American followers and readers and claim any authenticity as I have little experience when it […]
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