Talisker toddies and tearing gales
A couple of weeks ago, I took Monday afternoon off to travel down to Lyme Regis on a foraging expedition – mainly for whisky. Unfortunately, God punishes those of us who skive off in favour of...
View ArticleMoody food
I’m working at the very lovely delicious. magazine this week, which is always fun – great magazine, nice people, an almost endless supply of tea (which, to a freelancer, is like a miracle) and more...
View ArticleStonking Stilton soufflés, brilliant brussels, marvellous mince pies…
It’s nearly Christmas (although I won’t feel fully festive until next week – for now my nervous energies are entirely focused on a three-tiered chocolate cake I’m making for a wedding this weekend),...
View ArticleCheese, cheese, bit of snow, cheese
A couple of weeks ago, I went skiing. Well, more accurately, I went to Megève, fell over a few times, and then overcompensated with cheese. By God, they do cheese well up there. It’s definitely worth...
View ArticleObsession
As anyone with an eye on twitter will know, I had a little photography lesson from the delightful Paul Winch-Furness last week. It was amazing (see above). And since then I have become absolutely...
View ArticleSnapper school
A couple of weeks ago, I spent Saturday at Village East in Bermondsey. All Saturday. Not eating pancakes… …or chips (although those were seriously excellent). No, I was there for educational purposes,...
View ArticlePerfect fry up
While working diligently today, following an unsolicited cold shower from the heavens during my healthful and invigorating run, and an even less welcome one thanks to a conked-out boiler back home, I...
View ArticleBitchin’ Kitchin (sorry)
My feet, up. Howdie! I’m back! I keep telling people that book number two is done, which isn’t entirely true – there’s still the small matter of the editing, the photography, the index… and a few...
View ArticlePoke-a-Mormon cake
I went to an election-night party on November 6th. This was an occasion always bound to end in disaster – for me at least. I’m constitutionally unable to stay up past about midnight. Luckily Mr Obama...
View ArticleThe Great Horse Hunt
While I was away on the vin chaud and raclette trail back in January, I had an email from the Food Programme, asking me for my thoughts on the hot potato of horsemeat. Turns out the ever-helpful Tim...
View ArticleCurry. Almost as nice without all the oil.
By popular request (ok, one person asked for it), here’s the low-calorie, and really rather delicious curry I made for my fasting dinner this evening. The curry itself is based on a Gujarati aubergine...
View ArticleSmoky pulled pork with black bean chilli anyone?
Tomorrow, after almost two years of work, sees the birth of my second book, Perfect Host: 162 easy recipes for feeding people and having fun, published by Fig Tree, which, as the name suggests, will...
View ArticleUnderwater love
It’s almost St Valentine’s again – a day customarily greeted in the British media by a cynical honk. After all, what kind of sorry lothario (or ress?) needs a special, Clinton-endorsed date to declare...
View ArticleThe A-Z of Eating
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Happy indeed, because after a gestation period longer than a walrus (a mere 16 months, if you’re interested), this is the year when my fourth book will finally be launched into the...
View ArticleWelcome!
I’m an award-winning writer, full-time breakfast obsessive, and aspiring terrier tamer. To find out more about my work, or get in contact, please click on the links above. , I’ve never set foot there...
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