Aubergine and Minced Lamb with Cinnamon, with Cucumber and Dill Salad

After an intensely brilliant weekend in London I was exhausted and sorted myself out by making this. It is an … More

Hazelnut and Shropshire Blue Salad

A few months ago I enjoyed a butter lettuce and hazelnut salad with house salad cream at Hoi Polloi in … More

Antica Trattoria della Pesa

Net curtains and an almost-closed, ivy green door screened off the Antica Trattoria della Pesa from the humid June heat … More

Roast Sweet Potato and Green Pepper and Prawns in Smoky Tomato Sauce, with Sour Cream and Coriander

  I made it for my brother and his girlfriend when I’d just landed back from a mad fashion trip to … More

Aubergine, Spinach and Girolles in White Sauce with Garlic and Parsley

I think I’m stuck in a vegetable and white sauce cooking rut – but am content to be there. I … More

Roasted Pepper, Aubergine and Garlic in Tomato Sauce and White Sauce with Feta

At the weekend it was my granny’s 80th birthday party. Twenty of our family ate together in the garden under … More

Quick Italian-Style Dauphinois with Bay Leaves

I made this when eating toute seule after a day’s digging in the vegetable patch, where I was planting seedlings … More

Beetroot salad Mint, Oregano, Toasted Coriander Seeds and Goat’s Cheese Dressing,

One of my dad’s patients gave him a bag of home-grown beetroots recently and this is the last of them. … More

Arancini Primavera with Goat’s Cheese, Slow-Roast Tomato Sauce and Fresh Tomato, Mint and Oregano

This is a very good leftovers dish. I had some risotto from a previous night’s supper that was adapted from … More

Open Lasagne with Slow Roast Tomato, Seared Courgette, Spinach, Ricotta and Basil Oil

Forgot to take a picture, so here are some tomatoes. Paying close attention to vegetables can be rewarding. When staying … More