If Britain was regarded as the grain sack of the Roman Empire, then Spain was its bakery. Of all the early provinces of Rome, the bakers of Spain and Portugal (Iberia in Roman days) were regarded as the most accomplished in Europe. As with the dining tables of modern...
At a time in the late ‘70’s when many chefs were still making their names following the parables espoused by Elizabeth David and her love affair of all things French, and home-cooking was seen as decidedly lacklustre, a young Gary Rhodes set his focus on overlooked...
“Visitors to Liguria may perhaps be classified into six main groups; the fashionable, the ultra-fashionable, and the would-be fashionable: the once fashionable, the unfashionable and the anti-fashionable” Jasper Moore. The Land of Italy (1949) It was some time ago...
When spare time and inclination are unforthcoming, yet you still feel the need for a fresh, exciting supper, try this cheeky little stand-in for le fast-food. I have written elsewhere of how delicious, and simple, Burgundian Gougères can be, but these little golden...
Some time ago, as an impecunious art student studying sculpture at Goldsmiths College, I paid the rent on a one-roomed flat in Ladbroke Grove building sets and props for theatre and television. I liked to think of these times as heralding my more practical years...