I committed the food blogger’s textbook error lastnight. I spent half an hour whirling about my little kitchen making a late supper. As smells of garlic, and lamb gently wafted through the flat, I was practically salivating by the time I plated everything up. Rather than putting any effort into a nice photograph whatsoever, I [...]
Archive for March, 2012
Spring lamb supper with pea purée
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bed of peas, Bombay Sapphire, john collins, lamb, pea, pea puree, recipe, spring supper, tomatoes on March 30, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Tomato, chicken, mozzarella and garlic salad
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged chicken, frae, garlic, garlic tomatoes, salad, snog, vanilla on March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment »
London has turned tropical overnight. It was only last week that I was filling my hot water bottle and double-layering socks—and then, all of a sudden, Bethnal Green is hotter than Bermuda. With no intention of wasting any valuable balcony-basking time in a Tescos queue, I did a crazed Supermarket Sweep-style dash after work lastnight. [...]
Celebrating Bacon with Cowboy Beans
Posted in Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged bacon, Bacon Connoisseurs’ Week, BaconFest, Black Farmer, Boston beans, Chicago, cowboy beans, poetry on March 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You asked for my take on the great joys of life. The taste of crisp bacon. The love of my wife. Often that order could be reversed, but some days, the taste of crisp bacon stays first. ….so starts a wonderful poem entitled ‘Ruminations on the Smell of Bacon’ which was composed especially for The [...]
Holi Schmoly! Not a Bombay Omelette…
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged Bombay, Bombay Omelette, cheap, chilli, colourful, coriander, cumin, holi, indian festival, mid-week meal, Mumbai on March 13, 2012 | 2 Comments »
For those of you who thought that a Bombay Omelette was a little something that appears on the pavement outside Abacus on Friday morning, think again. Because, to honour the wonderfully paint-splattery Indian celebration that is Holi, I’ve come up with a spicy omelette supper. Yum. This is a perfect mid-night meal, because it takes [...]
Marathon Meatloaf
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged Alfie Fielden, athelete, Bath Half Marathon, butter beans, charity, charity fundraising, coriander, cumin, loaf tin, marathon food, marathon meatloaf, meatloaf, minced beef, onions, SMA, spinal muscular atrophy, The Jennifer Trust, tomato sauce, training on March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Tom and his three housemates are running the Bath Half Marathon along with 21 other friends who are all coming together to raise money for the lovely Alfie Fielden (seated, below). The two-year-old son of my friend Rowe is an extraordinarily handsome, very cuddly and clever little boy who lives in Bath with his twin [...]