The noble art of making stock—and a bonus vegan recipe!For many, stock is an unappetising concoction cooked up from kitchen offcuts in a haphazard fashion only to languish in the freezer, or...
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....
The coming of spring…After a week of rain, the occasional snow flurry and generally cold weather, the day broke bright and clear. It was, by all accounts, a...
Recipe: Thai winter soup [vegan]This recipe started life as a curry in the offing, but then it was snowing outside and I thought what better than a really warming and...
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...
Recipe: Hung Shao style pork [easy]Many cheaper cuts of meat are wrongfully neglected in our cooking because they tend to regarded as unpleasantly fatty or difficult to...
Recipe: Singapore noodles [Vegan, easy]There is enormous variation in Singapore noodle recipes and this recipe cannot claim to be in any way authentic—I’ve followed Felicity...
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...
Recipe: Crêpes with parma ham, asparagus and hollandaise—perfect for supper or as a starter.Hollandaise sauce has gone out of fashion somewhat, partly because it is seen as something of a faff to make, when really it is quite...
Recipe: Mayonnaise, with asparagus and poached eggs—a classic sauce and a good way to show it off! [Homemade mayonnaise really is incredibly easy to make once you know how. As well as being a classic sauce with a thousand different uses,...