Feeling crabby ? I have just come back from cooking for a delightful dinner party in the magical city of Edinburgh. Having recently made...
Recipe|Crab cakes with chilli sauce
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Recipes
Recipe |Never out of fashion dressings
A different kettle of bird.. The beautiful birds strutted their stuff across the wild Scottish landscape, unflappable despite the...
Pan fried duck breast with fennel, hazelnut and orange salad and a white bean, sausage and tomato salad
Getting your ducks (and goats, sheep, pigs and alpacas) all in a row Well here we all are the other side of Easter. I hope disrespectable...
Slow roast shoulder of pork sandwich with rhubarb and radish salad
Happy as a pig in a bun…. Blossom is exploding all over Wiltshire at the moment with magnolia flowers and cherry blossoms bursting out...
Recipe | Asparagus and Wild Garlic Galette AND a Rhubarb Ramos Gin Fizz
Paris, the city of light, love and lunch... I confess the trip to Paris was a jolly. It involved lots of walking to counter...
Passion fruit soufflé with warm passion fruit cream
Lord Windermere’s Fan ... Yes indeed I am a Lord Windermere fan after coming in at 20 to 1 at the Cheltenham Gold Cup and probably the...
Bircher Muesli and Swiss Hot chocolate with cream
Fur Coat, no twitters... Never having been a seasonaire (usually someone in their early 20’s that spends their winter working in a chalet...
King fish curry and chilli sweet potatoes
Turtles of the Caribbean Did I think twice about taking a last minute job in the Caribbean in mid February? No I did not ! I had started...
Boxty
In Dublin's fair city, there is something delicious for breakfast…. So the conversation went a little like...
Roast Pheasant with apple, bacon, cream and wholegrain mustard
Out damned shot! out, I say... Hello and welcome to Philippa Davis postcard recipes 2014! Having consumed 1 (or 3)...
Chocolate, chestnut and ginger Yule Log
That Old Chestnut... Chilled milky blue light rested over the Alpilles mountains as I drove towards my final pre Christmas job...
Recipe | Pappardelle pasta with braised pheasant , cavolo nero, cream and nutmeg
I am pretty sure it was The Spaniel, in the Billiard Room with the Cream Tea that left a trail of muddy paws for the house keeper to...
Recipe | Warm Pigeon, persimmon and pomegranate salad with sumac and walnuts
A Journey into the Judean desert No matter what I do it always somehow ends up revolving around food, even a trip into the desert....
Honey date and cardamom ice cream with pistachio praline
My cold date... With reassuringly high security to board the plane to Tel Aviv I was relieved and delighted to finally arrive in...
Roast Turbot with dill and lemon yogurt
London's Calling... I had assumed pheasants were not the brightest of creatures but judging by the number of them...
Recipe | Poached Langoustines with apple, fennel and radish salad, aioli and lemon
The charms of Chichester.. “There is nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.......” so Ratty exclaimed...
Recipe | Roast porcini with anchovy breadcrumbs and Chanterelles with lardons and cheese toasts
The fun-gi gets chosen..... This week I find myself waking up with stunning views across a vineyard in the Languedoc Roussillon region of...
Recipe | Reach for the Skye a.k.a. Whisky Raspberry and Mint Cocktail
A bonnie trip...... I knew I had reached West Coast Scotland. Sun, rain and mist battled to be the prevailing weather, all within ten...
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