How is your lockdown life going? What do your days revolve around? Perhaps you’re working from home, taking the dog for a walk or learning that second language you always promised yourself you would study. With the news being so constant, fast changing and often contradictory it’s good to take some time out. I seem […]
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Paper quality in food and travel books is too often overlooked. Running my fingers over a double page photo spread on clean, physical white paper showing two images of a Greek beach and a white and blue stone church is my (current) tactile way of travelling. The images lie side by side on pages 10 […]
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Fancy creating a new pasta shape. Well, US-based food writer and podcaster Dan Pashman did just that and his Cascatelli pasta is now available to buy online (if you live in the US)
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London Writers Salon celebrated their first birthday on March 22 and kindly invited me to start the online celebrations with a cooking demo making parmesan crisps. It was a fun, collaborative event.
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Chef Danielle Alvarex has a catchphrase – Always Add Lemons, and it’s the name of her first book. This review uncovers a selection of recipes and stories that have made this California-trained chef a top draw in Australia.
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Rosie Jameson is an expert preserver and chef and spent an evening a group of us to make the most delicious lemon curd.
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Walking in the woods near a stream of river and you may well see the pungent leaves of wild garlic bursting through. Time for foraging and cooking with the versatile plant.
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Cooking and eating should make you feel something, hope or an emotion. I felt great cooking this ramen.
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Christmas Eve was the perfect day to have an aperitivo, and negroni
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Having a few slices of turmeric and a teaspoon of the lemon juice with hot water and a spoon of honey for sweetness is now part of my pre-breakfast routine.
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