Spring Menu for Five

I have rarely had a free evening to cook recently because I’ve been working and so when the occasion arose … More

Spiced Date, Coriander and Garlic Relish for Eggs

Sally Butcher of Persepolis fame (see Marina O Loughlin’s review of her café in last week’s Guardian) has a fried … More

Two weeks ago I was interviewed by Lucy Dearlove, creator of the brilliantly-named podcast, Lecker. We went to the supermarket before I … More

Some of the best cookery books that I have read this year. My beef with hardbacks is their lack … More

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

‘Weigh with the eye and taste while cooking.’ The words of Claudia Roden on the BBC Radio 4 Food Programme … More

The starter from Henry’s birthday meal The sauce, before being mixed with pasta On Sunday it was a mild, windy … More

Recording of Claudia Roden, ‘A Life Writing About Food’, speaking at SOAS on 16th January 2013. Skip to 8 minutes … More

On Tuesday, I’d been thinking about Yotam Ottolenghi’s reference to Claudia Roden’s Persian rice in his Saturday recipe in the … More