Recipe: Chicken Korma (vegetarian option)Korma is a dish that might draw a snigger from curry snobs, but it truly is an excellent dish—rich and comforting, creamy and mild....
Recipe: Chicken Kievs—succulent chicken, oozing herby, garlicky butter with a fabulously crunchy coaFor many 'Chicken Kiev' brings back memories of childhood, of lovely herby butter oozing across the plate. But for many, this simple dish...
No amount of garlic is too much garlic!This morning to yoga in the village of Bouteille. In the afternoon, Pinky took us kayaking down a small river, only navigable at this...
An unlikely meeting of distance food cultures...This afternoon we took a walk with the dogs around the lake at La Jamaye. The Images have a lovely dog, called Tilly, a Labrador crossed...
A home away from home...I quickly made a recipe video of the Hung Shao Pork that I had made on Sunday, which I ate again for lunch, and then got on the train to...
Recipe: Broccoli soup, with roquefort—a warming winter soup [vegetarian option]Broccoli was, for a long time, a vegetable that I really struggled with. My memories of it were filled with sad, overcooked, plain boiled...
Recipe: Individual lemon meringue pots—or cheat's lemon meringue pie! [Vegetarian, easy, light]A really good lemon meringue pie should have a nice biscuity pastry base, topped with a really tangy lemon filling and sweet, cloud-like...
Was it a dream? Moules Marinère... in a medieval castle floating in the sea.Up earlier than I would have liked to catch the TGV from Montparnasse to Normandy, my destination: Le Mont St Michel. On account of the...
Recipe: Welsh Rarebit, my way—proper cheese on toast!Welsh Rarebit has fallen somewhat out of fashion, perhaps because people remember it as a slimy, heavy affair not really dissimilar to...
Recipe: French Crêpes (pancakes)Crêpes, or thin pancakes (a world away from the small, thick pancakes you get in America) are an indulgent and comforting way to start...