Eating, drinking and generally having a good time in France
Recent hot weather has inspired a bit of chilled food ‘cooking’. Mostly in experiential stages and just throwing things together. My go to hot weather meal is a gazpacho….I just use what I have on hand- with tomato, cucumber (remove seeds and skin), red… Continue Reading “Canicule (heatwave) cooking”
A number of people have asked for my recipe for Bread and Butter Pickles so I thought I would share – it was given to me by an American friend who lives in Clun which is a village on the Welsh border in Shropshire… Continue Reading “A summer taste of home: bread and butter pickles”
Before we moved to France I used to keep jars in the anticipation I would find time/supplies to make delicious jam to share with my friends and neighbours. The usual scenario was: Make one batch of something each year Get really motivated and excited… Continue Reading “Jar collecting”
What to do when you have too much goat’s milk and you need a little pick me up. Yes, of course, cajeta! OK you probably thought, “make cheese”, and I have been working on that – with mixed results (I’ll post that a little… Continue Reading “When you need a bit of sweetness in life. Cajeta: goat’s milk caramel”
Not ‘folded frying pan’ omelette, not a ‘Denver’ omelette, not a Spanish omelette (which is actually called a tortilla in Spain – not to be confused with those corn or flour tortillas you use for burritos and tacos!)….and there really isn’t an ‘official’ London… Continue Reading “London Omelette”
Cassoulet! The ultimate winter comfort dish…and last night I received the ultimate compliment: “This is the best Cassoulet I have ever had- including what I had in Carcasonne”. And this was from a Frenchman. I have to admit it was indeed delicious, but that… Continue Reading “The Ultimate Compliment”
Scrambled eggs on toast. That’s it. OK….with a grating of a bit of hard cheese…and maybe a drizzle of truffle oil on a special Sunday, but really…two fresh eggs, scrambled (or scrumbled if you live in Germany and have a dodgy menu translation) and… Continue Reading “Simple Sunday Pleasures….and a new cheese discovery”
McKanna Meats at 21 Theobald’s Road….not quite a five minute walk from my new office and a meat-lovers dream! Recommended by a friend who works at the BBC. The first thing she said when I told her I would be at Chancery Lane was,… Continue Reading “….and new butcher”
Lamb 1/2 shoulder of lamb (bone in) 1 yellow onion, peeled and quartered 2 cox apples, peeled and quartered 8 cloves garlic, peeled few cloves stick cinnamon 2 dried red chilies (if I had them I would have used chipotle) few sprigs rosemary 2… Continue Reading ““Whiff of Autumn” shoulder of lamb, with cumin-orange mashed sweet potato and minted spicy corn relish”
So Wahaca is not a serious mis-spelling of Oaxaca, but rather a tasty Mexcian Restaurant near Covent Garden in London. They serve up great ‘street food’, tacos, tostadas, quesadilla…burritos…guacamole…well you get the idea. The food is yummy and fresh, and decently priced so you… Continue Reading “Wahaca and Caribbean inspired cilantro rice”