How do you make pasta? It’s such a common question, particularly now when it’s becoming increasingly difficult (read: pretty much impossible) to find pasta on the shelves. I’m going to start by saying one thing. Making pasta is bafflingly easy. Before I started making my own pasta, I thought that it was something of a …
Looking for a simple and refreshing dessert? This Thai banana with coconut milk recipe is quick, easy and oh so delicious. Do you ever come across a recipe that’s so simple that you’re not sure how you’ve never thought of it yourself? That’s 100% what happened to me when I first tasted this ridiculously simple …
Beetroot cured salmon is one of my go-to recipes – one I’ve been making for years. Each time, tweaking it a little here and a little there until I’ve found a cure that not only infuses the salmon with a distinctive pink fringe of hue but also lends it a rich decadence that is far …
A good beef ragu is a beautiful thing – the meeting point of tender, melt in your mouth beef and a rich sauce that is so much more than the sum of its parts. Layers and layers of flavour built through careful preparation of the ingredients and the most important ingredient of all… time. Beef …
I never used to get baking. I’ve always liked to think of myself as the equivalent of a cooking free-spirit, throwing together recipes without really thinking about it, coming up with all kinds of wonderful concoctions at the drop of a hat. But… reality bites, and the truth is that I’m a sucker for a …
Shake up a quick and dirty mango margarita on the rocks with this easy cocktail recipe. Don’t you just hate it when people keep telling you to look on the bright side of things? Like “It doesn’t matter that things are falling apart, at least you have your health!”. Umm, thanks. I appreciate your useless …
Do you ever have one of those moments where you realise you are smashing it at this crazy rollercoaster called life? It can be hard to give yourself credit when it’s due, and I’m no exception to this rule but, you know what? The moment I took a bite into these doughnuts, I gave myself …
Ahhhhh pho. That moment when you hold a bowl of just-made pho in your hands, the scent of the garnishes you’ve just put into the beefy broth coming together to exude a steam laden with fragrant aroma – you take a deep breath, ready to plunge in and start eating. Eating Vietnamese beef pho could …
Do you ever have a dish that instantly transports you back to a certain place and time? Hippy Essaouira was one of my favourite places in Morocco – we ate sun-drenched meals of freshly-caught fish right next to the harbour, gulls flapping as lazily as the course of our days. My love affair with fish …
There are countries that just know how to do salad right. Prime example? Way back, when our sorry asses in the UK we were still thinking that iceberg lettuce and a slice of unripe tomato constituted a salad, other, more palate-aware countries like Indonesia were dishing up tasty salads like gado gado. Which would you …
