Watermelon and Tomato Salad

I first had a version of this salad a few years ago at Stevie Parle‘s restaurant Rotorino, when my friend … More

Feast menu for a summer birthday

It was my mother’s 60th birthday recently and I made her a dinner for 16 people to celebrate. I wanted … More

Undeniably excessive I suppose. We didn’t have any bread and I didn’t want tomatoes and eggs again, so I picked … More

Time calls for a heavy salad when we expect warmth but still cannot shed our socks; when it’s summer time … More

serves 2 Turn the oven onto medium hot. You could also use spinach. Wash and then blanch a good handful … More

Cut fresh ripe figs open into quarters and put on a plate. Spoon a hefty spoon of ricotta onto the … More

I made this a few days ago, I make it relatively often, it’s fabulous. You can use the same pan … More

I never put tomatoes in the fridge because I heard a scientist in an episode of the BBC radio show … More

A week of eating in motorway service stations, a broken down car, three garages and arriving in North Shields where … More

I find there is a great qualitative (not only quantitative) effect when pasta is the same size as chickpeas. Eating them together … More