Here’s an interview I did with Anna Tobias, the talented head chef at Rochelle Canteen about her love of brown … More

Sam wooed me with a charcoal drawing of an aubergine bouquet in summer 2014 – finally in a frame, January … More

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

As sure as

eggs (x) is eggs (x)  except when they are made by you,  in which case they are  more than eggs … More

Ode to the Artichoke

A young artichoke that I planted in my parents’ vegetable patch in Suffolk. I wrote this rather heated poem about … More

The Best Dish I’ve Cooked All Year

– I joined Camberwell library last week and sat down to work opposite the cookery book section. Rachel Khoo, The … 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

When Preparing Cucumbers in Winter:

It is a good idea to remove most of the seeds, which (at this time of year) are bloated and … More