Feast From the East Walking through the food market and brushing past piles of curry leaves that released their exotic scent into the warm...
Chicken Noodle Broth with ginger recipe and Ginger sauce recipe
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Dinner
Provençal pot roast pigeon with pastis, olives and rosé
La Vie en Rosé No my friends, the title is not yet another typo, I did mean to put an accent on the ‘e’ cleverly* transforming the famous...
Kind of revithada with chicken
A roast by any other name… As expected my latest job was a total fast, furious and fun weekend. Having flown across the Irish sea ( I will...
Wild garlic and lemon risotto and wild garlic pesto bread
If you go down to the woods today …. You are quite likely to find a host of lush green edible leaves… and me picking them ! Wild garlic,...
Cheese fondue
Round and round the garden…. I really wanted to call this post ‘the naked chef ‘ but there was a strong possibility of it slipping...
Garlic, garlic and Pheasant casserole
Phestive Pheasant Phun... “Welcome to Scotland, Its -6 °C”! the cheerful staff at Enterprise car hire chirped. I think if they had looked...
Roast suckling pig
This little piggy… Sardinia meant a new destination and new client for me so all seemed very exciting. The initial introductions were done...
Vlita, saffron and feta pie
My big fat Greek….Pie An overnight stay in Athens was swiftly followed by a few hours boat ride across the Aegean to the pretty island of...
Recipe | Potato salad
Le Tour de Carbs This week I’ve been cooking for a group of 30 athletes cycling 3 cols of the Pyrenees. It was like discovering a secret...
Barbecued flatbread with sprinkles recipe
Hatched, matched and dispatched The wild salmon and I were both caught leaping for joy at the prospect of spending some jolly time on the...
Clams with white wine, jamon and coriander recipe
It's all about the birdie.... Its all about the birdie The sun was out, I had front row seats to the hottest Easter party in the Algarve (...
Prawn, chicken and chorizo paella recipe
Leaping into spring some exciting developments have happened, Firstly Philippa Davis, postcard recipes now has a face book page which I...
Raviules with garlic, reblochon, wild mushrooms and parsley
Apple of my Pie Navigating airports at half term can seem a bit like playing a kid's computer game. The route from departures in one...
Steamed bass with ginger and soy recipe
Soup and dragons I instantly loved the fast energy of Hong Kong. The winding streets that were connected by hills, steep steps and...
Wild Suckling Boar with roasted quince
Boar to death, literally. “Where are you off to now”? my mother asks as I fly out the door. “London then heading East to Gloucester for...
White truffle and butter Taglierini
Diamonds are for... dinner. With various Christmas parties to cook for in West London last week I was racing around town to some of my...
Pheasant au Vin
Fun and Game At this stage in the game season I have noticed it is definitely the keen beans, the obsessed and the hardy that do most of...
Poached pheasant with ginger, garlic, chilli and lime.
How to poach a pheasant… This week I am delighted to be back up in the magnificent highlands cooking for various grouse, partridge and...
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