urap: indonesian cooked vegetable salad with coconut and lime dressing

urap: indonesian cooked vegetable salad with coconut and lime dressing It's that time of year when you start wondering about what to wea...

northern chinese (shandong) style asparagus

 northern chinese (shandong) style asparagus Asparagus doesn't appear much on Chinese menus, apart from in the northern region of Shando...

onions braised in cider

onions braised in cider Last Sunday, we had pork collar and I served these slow-roasted onions, braised in cider and topped with cheesy brea...

roasted carrots with crème fraîche and harissa dressing

roasted carrots with crème fraîche and harissa dressing It's June in England, where we are caught in that strange limbo over what to ea...

chargrilled asparagus with tomato, mint, chilli and lemon dressing

chargrilled asparagus with tomato, mint, chilli and lemon dressing Yikes! Time is running out; the British asparagus season is so damned sh...

a little home-grown silliness; chargrilled courgettes, leeks and asparagus with lemon and walnuts

chargrilled courgettes, leeks and asparagus with lemon and walnuts You know you've had a good night out when you wake up the next mornin...

pearled spelt salad with kale and lemon-tahini dressing

pearled spelt salad with kale and lemon-tahini dressing Out shopping and I'm caught in a dilemma. Do I choose dark, sleek and elegant, o...

devilled eggs: time for a revival?

devilled eggs Almost from the moment that humans first learned to cook an egg, I suspect that they were " devilling " (spicing) th...

roasted butternut squash salad with spiced plums, hazelnuts and blue cheese

roasted butternut squash salad A few years ago I bought a rather trashy but adorable pink leather slouch bag. What I loved most about it was...

claudia roden's red lentil purée

In my quest to find both interesting ways to use lentils and pulses as well as alternatives to the usual accompaniments to roast meat, I fo...

sweet and sour marinated roasted courgettes with goats’ cheese, basil and toasted pine nuts

sweet and sour marinated roasted courgettes with goats’ cheese, basil and toasted pine nuts I am always looking for new ways of cooking up a...

smoky chargrilled aubergine salad

smoky chargrilled aubergine salad There is a dish on the menus of Turkish restaurants called Hünkar Beğendi . I don't read Turkish, but ...

some are hot and some are not! padrón peppers: the vegetable equivalent of russian roulette!

tapas: padrón peppers Pimientos de Padrón are tiny bright green peppers from the Galician region of Spain which look like small green pepp...

artichoke heart salad with preserved lemon and honey dressing

artichoke heart salad with preserved lemon and honey dressing Here Comes The Sun Here comes the sun, here comes the sun And I say it's a...

poached cherry, roasted balsamic red onions and goat's cheese salad with cherry vinaigrette

poached cherry and goat's cheese salad with cherry vinaigrette When it comes to recipes, I am something of a tinkerer. I find something ...