Boiled Celery and Lemon Salad

I made this salad to follow a tuna pasta dish. I boiled the celery and lemon in the water that … More

Fennel, Lime, Shallot and Green Chilli Salad

I make variations on this salad a lot because I love it – you could use lemon or orange or … More

28th June, 7.48pm I cut two tomatoes, one red, one green, into smallish pieces and put them in a bowl. … More

We prepared and cooked this meal as we went in a very leisurely way while we sitting around drinking and … More

We travel to Rome in the dead days of the new year to see friends and to rinse our mouths … More

We ate this Turkish-style onion salad with Claudia Roden’s excellent and very simple recipe for rice with red lentils from … More

A few months ago Rebecca Tamás asked if I had plans for summer solstice; this conversation came to glorious fruition on Friday … More

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

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

This afternoon I had a fun conversation with people on Twitter and on Facebook about which hot sauce to have with … More