Food Writing recipes

Conventional wisdom frequently favours Mediterranean countries whenever healthy diets are under discussion. But...

The third sauce in the world today is……pesto. We can liken Pesto to Genoa as we can Paella to Valencia – the...

“So you read?” David enquired. Well of course I read I thought to myself, was I looking like somebody who didn’t? I...

I would imagine that few of us would decry a Farmer’s Market and many more look forward to their weekly or monthly...

Memories of childhood mealtimes drift mistily in and out of my thoughts occasionally. Sometimes there are only...

It was some time ago, at the height of the predicted epidemic that was to become known as Bird Flu, that I became the...

I got a telephone call recently that spun me back through two decades. It came in the form of an old friend from...

Firstly, the Observer magazine food section, where restaurant critic Jay Rayner had written a eulogy to all things...

Although my recent article on Masterchef clearly divided opinion, and as much as I would wish to share my less than...

As I write another dusting of snow is covering my neck of the woods in North Norfolk. Although I am aware of the many...

Please forgive me for stating the obvious but I have spent the last couple of months totally underwhelmed by the...