Last year I raved about Café Murano Covent Garden to anyone who would listen. (It has now become my boss's favourite restaurant.) On our visits we made friends with the flame haired Kelly, who was the Manager. She has the knack of making you feel like you’ve just dropped in for dinner with old …
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Saturday night dinner in the garden
Yesterday my friends and their wee boy came to dinner. This was the menu, that I promised to write up so that I didn't forget what I’d done. No Knead Bread It was meant to be this recipe: http://www.jennycancook.com/recipes/faster-no-knead-bread/ but I let it go for far too long and it was very liquid, so I …
Cashew Cocoa Iced Dessert
I’ve been reading a lot of the raw/free from food blogs lately, mainly because their Instagram feeds are just so pretty that I get drawn in, but also because Tex and his dad can’t have cream or milk, and Pa also can’t have wheat, so dairy and wheat free free desserts are useful. I’d managed …
Wing It Rhubarb Dessert
This is very definitely called winging it.I had meant to make a rhubarb and strawberry compote, and bake an upside down cake.Said compote turned into more of a sauce.Hmm, says I. My mantra is 'if it goes wrong, call it by another name and pretend you meant it' so it turned into a fruit sauce …
Lamb Stuffed Peppers
Lamb is definitely one of my most favourite meats, so when I heard about the lamb recipe challenge (link here: http://www.tastyeasylamb.co.uk/Follow-the-Flock/Lamb-Recipe-Challenge ) I was sold. Winning something is nice, of course, everybody likes the chance to win something, but I admit that was more motivated about having a chance to experiment with lamb, which I always …
Aubergine is marmite.
Well no, not actual aubergine marmite (though...hmm....) but aubergine really is the marmite of the food world. The amount of people that loathe it, and the amount that adore it, seems to be about equal amongst my friends and, to be honest, given how I have had it cooked in this country, I can …
Breakfast for Dinner
I'm a great believer in comfort food. I don't mean the usual British nursery or school dinners style food - all sponge puddings, mashed potatoes and a lack of chewing, though they most certainly have their place - I mean all kinds of food that give comfort because of what you, the eater, associate them …
Chiquito’s, Leicester Square
It's a long time since I've been to a Chiquito's. Probably about 20 years, if I'm honest. I wasn't that impressed, I admit, so I never bothered to go back, especially when Wahaca surged into the forefront of Mexican food in the UK. Wahaca aren't as good as they used to be, which seems to be …
Roast Rib of Beef
We had a 2 bone rib of beef at Christmas, which was quite epic, thanks to our fabulous local butcher nabbing a bargain at the market. He and another butcher had split a trailer between the two of them because it was 'some of the best beef' he'd ever seen, and he didn't want anyone …
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