Food & Recipes
Culinary adventures for food lovers

April 14, 2014
Risotto: It is all in the stockRisotto is simple yet comforting, but it needs a good homemade stock, not a stock cube or powder. The rice…

April 13, 2014
Pork Chop with Cider (Pork Chop à la Normande Recipe)I haven’t had much by way of meat lately, but a pork chop loitering in my freezer grabbed my attention.…

March 27, 2014
India travel: Temple kitchens, street food & a Rick Stein moment.Bisht, our Sikh taxi driver, steered us through Delhi’s maze of streets and into a temple where a volunteer kitchen…

February 14, 2014
Multicultural gatheringCurry. What better way to bring people together. In rural Spain it is not easy to pop out for what…

December 11, 2013
Easy Indian Chicken Curry Recipe with Garam MasalaI love a curry that’s quick, fragrant, and packed with flavour — and this Indian chicken curry recipe ticks all…

October 31, 2013
Cutting Onions Makes Me Cry (Sometimes)…Peeling, cutting, chopping, slicing raw onion releases an enzyme and amino acid which creates an irritant that burns and makes…

September 4, 2013
Mauritian Goat CurryGoat meat is difficult to source in rural Andalucía — unlike Brixton or the Midlands, where it's a staple. When…

August 20, 2013
Aubergine Pizza:One for the kidsI got this idea from a link with Julia Child who brought French (and Mediterranean) cooking to Americans. She was…

August 20, 2013
The Cod Has Come: A Seasonal Miracle from LofotenSkrei Cod Recipe - Lofoten, Norway There is a Great Big Sea song in praise of cod liver oil, and…

