I have an addiction to pestos plain and simple – sundried tomato, Basil and in this case rocket. For me the pesto is the classic pasta sauce. Don’t get me wrong I dig Bolognese and Carbonara as much as the next man but they are omnipresent – a good pesto can be hard to track… Read More Classic Rocket Pesto
I recently wandered into Jamie Oliver’s store in Clapham, London and found myself dribbling like a mental patient after an extensive bout of eletro-therapy…it was a very groovy place…..I hate him! Asides from all of the stuff you can buy (food, kitchen-ware, books) they run evening cookery classes where you get the oppo to cook… Read More Sun Dried tomato and Red onion Tapenade
Fish and Chips WITHOUT Tartar sauce is the equivilant of having a skateboard without wheels – looks good but the most important bit is missing. You can argue all day that all you need is salt, vinegar and maybe ketchup….YOU’RE WRONG 🙂 You can make this and store it for a few months in a… Read More Homemade Tartar Sauce
Pesto is an institution as far as I’m concerned, it’s without equal and very often imitated…badly. If your first experience of Pesto was out of a jar then I hope you have since changed your weird ways. Pesto, as it’s name suggests is all about the grooviness in it’s creation. It’s meant to be brought… Read More Pesto
I stopped using shop bought mayo a long time ago, simply because it’s goop. My philosophy in terms of food has always been if I can make I will. The spin of benefit to this is that invariably what you consume will be less processed and better for you. Homemade Mayo takes about 5minutes to… Read More Homemade Mayo
The Bicycle Thief 