As I grow older and ever more unsuccessful with the mythical species of men, it becomes increasingly clear that my one great love is, in fact, cheese. Cheese won’t forget your birthday or ditch you for its football mates. No,…
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Ahh, Spring. My favourite season and it’s here. Increasing temperatures, growing day light house and the yet absence of flocks of tourists into my city. Even without the food, it’s bliss. Add the advent of spring pea, spring lamb, and…
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If you follow my blog, you’ll know that a dessert beloved to me is the classic tarte tatin. Delicious, oozing with fruit juice and caramel; what more, really, could a girl want. And when Spring comes around and those beautiful…
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When the storms set in blowing trees on our nation’s rails and causing as great a standstill as London Midland strikes, no longer let us wring our hands in greyscale waiting rooms, munching on some toxically processed cling film snack….
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Until recently my experience with Jewish food was being force fed strange soups with balls in by distant New Jersey elderly relatives, and the occasional bagel. These memories, though poignant, have translated into neither grasp nor true appreciation of the…
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Now, I like to think of myself as a relatively modern woman; online dating, picking up the tab, all the clichéd tropes. I’ll happily spank any of you yuppie post-uni-lash-‘lads’ in the workplace and send you smarting back to the…
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Herrings are a fabulous, and most underused, ingredient. Usually extraordinarily cheap, rich in omega oils and, most importantly in my book, delicious – I can’t understand why they aren’t used more in day to day cookery!They are most commonly seen…
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