Tagine - ‘meaning stew, is a category of dish fundamental to cookery in Morocco. The same word appears in the name of...
Kitchen Tales recipes
Pierogi
Frank Muir was a raconteur, comedy writer and former Head of Comedy at the BBC. In a TV interview, when asked as to...
Prawns with brown bread and butter
During the Second World War my father joined the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). Slow to engage and derided by some...
Flatbread. Coca De Azúcar con Piñones y Anís
If Britain was regarded as the grain sack of the Roman Empire, then Spain was its bakery. Of all the early provinces...
Salmon Fish Cakes with Lemon Sauce
At a time in the late ‘70’s when many chefs were still making their names following the parables espoused by Elizabeth...
Focaccia
“Visitors to Liguria may perhaps be classified into six main groups; the fashionable, the ultra-fashionable, and the...
Cheese Puffs [Aigrettes au Fromage]
When spare time and inclination are unforthcoming, yet you still feel the need for a fresh, exciting supper, try this...
Salade Niçoise
Some time ago, as an impecunious art student studying sculpture at Goldsmiths College, I paid the rent on a one-roomed...
Porchetta
"If I had to narrow my choice of meat down to one for the rest of my life, I am quite certain that meat would be...
Membrillo
A nearby farmer, whose commercial preoccupation is to encourage many thousands of unhappy hens to provide the nation’s...
Omelette
In her book, Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1963), Julia Child offers a sensual introduction to her chapter on...
Cauliflower Cheese
“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college...
Onion Soup [Soupe à l’oignon]
"The classic soup à l'onion is truly a formidable beast - and you can pronounce that 'formidable' in either French or...
Union Square Cafe’s Bar Nuts
"I believe in a benevolent God not because He created the Grand Canyon or Michelangelo, but because He gave us snacks"...
Meat and Potato Pie
“The pie-cook and the pie-consumer are both lucky if the smell of the pie 'sells' not only its desirability as...