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