Travel Gourmet’s 5 Quick Fixes in the Kitchen

August 5, 2018.Reading time 12 minutes.

My attitude to preparing meals is very ‘pure’ in the sense that I never buy ready-made meals, I buy good quality – mostly organic – ingredients and keep things simple; an emphasis on cooking Italian style with just a very few ingredients. When I was a young thing with a young family, I used to […]

Puy Lentils with Tomatoes, Red Onion, Herbs & Balsamic

January 21, 2012.Reading time 5 minutes.

I know that I’m guilty of sometimes turning my nose up at short cuts, criticising the inglorious stock cube for instance, but sometimes short cuts have their place and really will do as well. I couldn’t buy a box of dried puy lentils one day in the supermarket so settled – rather uncertainly, it has to […]