Did I ‘over cep’ the mark? The week was not as planned. My diary had me in the dramatic depths of wild Scotland cooking for my first...
Fried ceps with baked polenta and gruyere
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Dinner
Recipe | Romesco sauce
Nobody expected the Spanish expadition ... I double read the last minute email from my client, just in case I had misread it, “ By the...
Recipe |Dragons blood sauce
How to cook your dragon. My coastal Boston to coastal Wales transition came as some what of a shock. Jet lag muddled with rain and chilly...
Recipe |Brioche
Gone Fishing. This week, in order not to feel I was mindlessly cooking and gobbling lobster after lobster I have taken the time to learn a...
Beer Can Chicken
So, what came first? Well in this case it would definitely be the egg as the chicken would be rather half – cut and not much good for...
Slow cooked lamb in whisky with saffron and bay potatoes
Far from the Madding Crowd... Well actually it was the complete opposite as last week went a bit like this… Sorry? Philippa who?? My...
Recipe |Horseradish Sauce
Fishing for condiments There were members of my second group of jolly fishermen and women (‘fisherpersons’ is probably the PC way forward...
Recipe | BBQ wild salmon with grilled baby gem and salsa verde
Quite the catch... This week I headed to the Scottish Highlands to cook for a salmon fishing week on the River Findhorn, lots of big...
Recipe | Tips and tricks to perfect lamb chops and Quinoa salads
School of wok... Travelling East from the blossoming West Country towards the big smoke for my latest job my mind was speeding along...
Tartiflette
She'll be comin' down the mountain... ‘Whether she likes it or not’, My ski buddy for the day cheerfully chanted. It had a been a while...
Baked eggs with spiced tomato, chickpeas, yogurt and coriander
The Brunch club... Anxious texting, emails, and phone calls preceded the start of the weekend. The hosts and I were keen to make...
Recipe |Scallops, fino and butter with blood orange and chicory salad
You put your left foot in….. Left foot, swiftly followed by right foot went onto the plane with moments to spare until they shut the doors...
Fish Pie
Hark to herald the fish pie Heading back to London on the train, after a very quick nip to Dorset, I found myself checking my...
Game Pie
I Only have pies for you … I knew this was going to be a top class job when I was the told the driver who was to collect and take me to...
Pan fried grouse breasts with hazelnuts and caul fat
Caul of the Wild “Where you off to next?” “I’m off to cook for a stalking week.” “Stalking?! What’s that, sounds dodgy’? My friend asked....
Toasted buttered cobnut salad with garden plums, steamed marrow and Comte cheese
Pigs are pets not pork…. I am not sure I should admit how delighted I was to be woken by a handsome stranger quietly standing at my door....
Lobster linguine with courgettes, cream and chopped rocket
A little lobster... Debating on what should be my final postcard from Boston for this summer I dithered greatly. Blogging as I had...
Hickory Smoked Baby Back Pork Ribs
Smoke gets in your eyes… You might want to get your credit cards out now as you are all going to want one. Or better still start rummaging...
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