NYE 2015 Menu

For New Year’s Eve, Sam and I made: Ambrose Heath’s Gruyère and Ham Croquettes Blinis with Gravadlax and Dill Crab … More

Waiting to be baked with eggs and a dusting of Parmesan: thickly sliced boiled potato, cooked spinach, Parma ham, creme … More

Pumpkin with roast garlic, oregano and tomato dressing; courgette with labneh and hazelnuts; cavolo nero with butter and Parmesan and … More

Winter brights #chard

In Praise of Paperbacks: Cookery Books of 2015

Some of the best cookery books that I have read this year. My beef with hardbacks is their lack of … More

Food Stories from Syria, Food Programme – BBC Radio 4

Food Stories from Syria, Food Programme – BBC Radio 4

The Nourishing Arts, Luce Giard

This passage of writing is so important to me: Women bereft of writing who came before me, you who passed … More

Courgette, Ricotta and Basil Tart with Spelt Shortcrust Pastry

– For our most recent SITTINGROOM (a curated poetry night hosted in a number of people’s houses) I made this … More

Ratatouille (with roast Poussin)

– I narrowly avoided eating a McDonalds on the way back from the library last Thursday: it was late and … More

Warm Borlotti Beans, Fresh Hazelnut and Chickpeas with Green Dressing; Chard with Melted Butter and Parmesan; Garlic Toasted Sourdough with Tomatoes and Chilli

– I have been visiting Mr Cruson on Camberwell High Street on and off since 2005. His was the first … More