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Its scientific nature doesn’t come naturally to me, but it wasn’t always this way. As a teenager I had a Saturday job in an opticians and every weekend I’d take in my baked creations to share with the girls, who were like the naughty older sisters I never had.
Read moreThe arrival of our sous vide kit from SousVideTools.com has brought with it much excitement mixed with a little bit of fear. It’s a scientific way of cooking but my brain doesn’t work in a particularly scientific way, so I’ve been venturing into unfamiliar territory where my kitchen instincts have all but left me. With my hob and oven I know what’s what – how long things take and at what temperature, but with the sous vide it’s a totally new ball game.
I was lucky enough to be invited to a special kind of training course this week, held by SousVideTools.com at MSK in Chesterfield, on the picturesque edge of the Peak District.
Read moreEspecially useful during work when it’s easy to fall into the naughty snack trap.
As if the return to work, traffic jams and rainy grey skies aren’t enough to contend with, following hearty Christmas and new year celebrations we make ourselves suffer further by insisting on a new year detox, smaller and healthier meals, increased gym attendance and the locking of the biscuit/cake/chocolate tin.
This classic Italian soup is filling, healthy, affordable and wonderfully delicious.
Heady, fragrant, aromatic and cleansing. Pho is one of my top noodles dishes of all time. There are a couple of ways you can make it; as a labour of love or a quick hit – both ways yield excellent results.
I have memories of summer holidays and weekends filled not just with adventures and great times, but eating the kinds of foods that kids love and my parents wouldn’t have at home.
Whether it’s one of a few dishes being eaten on an evening in, or devoured all on its own at the end of a night out.
There are some evenings I’m happy to spend hours in the kitchen preparing and cooking meals, and then there are times I want to put in minimal effort but still get maximum results. This is one of the dishes I can turn to for just that.
And in my book there’s no easier way to cram in your five a day at the same time as getting a big dose of comfort, than with a humble soup.
The least popular of the colourful capsicums, which in our house can often found languishing at the back of the fridge looking a bit wrinkled.
Read moreOur house was full of foods from all over the world. I remember the pantry being stocked not with crisps, biscuits and treats like my friends homes were, but things like vine leaves, yellow bean paste, kimchi, black rice and smoked mussels. It didn’t make quick snacks very easy, but thanks to my dad meals were delicious, inventive and adventurous. I always felt very lucky on the food front.
The weekend was splendid – and I mean that in the entirely English way that word sounds. Sunshine, walking around the lakes, drinks in quaint village pubs and glorious scenery, we were having a great weekend before we’d even set foot in L’Enclume.
Read moreWrighty (food lover and member of the disco spinning Soul Buggin’ collective along with Beane Noodler, aka Kebab Knight of the Realm) said this creation didn’t need to be Italian of origin, just something rooted in history as a tasty and economical dish.
Every once in a while a really simply recipe does the rounds that gets even nay-sayers to love an ingredient they usually avoid.
If like me you sometimes find it difficult to squeeze in all the vegetables we’re supposed to eat in a day, then this recipe is for you.
Smoked meats and fish, jewel like roots, woody mushrooms, sticky and dark red wines, flaky pastry, game meats and poultry. I’m looking forward to getting my teeth stuck into all of them, and on this grizzly bank holiday Monday with a big chill in the air and leaves falling from the trees outside our house (yes already, can you believe it), I knew it was time to put on a cardi and get hearty in the kitchen.
Cheap to make, incredibly juicy, full of asian flavour and very easy to put together. Make more of them than you think you’ll need - I promise you they’ll all be scoffed.