There’s one huge pet hate I have when it comes to Italian food…..Italian food outside of Italy that is…..cream in pasta. I fucking hate it and eateries outside Italy continue to load some of the sauces with cream and in some cases…butter!!! The only thing butter and cream do in a pasta sauce is mask… Read More Spaghetti with Cavelo Nero and Porcini
The best Chicken noodle soup I ever had was standing in Times Square in a drizzle. It was just getting dark and the place was lit up like a Christmas tree, this was an assault on the senses – my first time in New York and my first time having New York Chicken Noodle soup…..died… Read More My Chicken Noodle soup
The first time I went to Greece my jaw literally hit the deck. It wasn’t Athens or Corfu or Lesbos (!?) or Crete or anywhere else…..nope, my mate Pete invited me to hang out at his parent place in a little fishing village called Galaxidi…the greatest place on the face of the Earth 3 hours… Read More Super Greekness!!
There’s something about ribs that brings out the Neanderthal in me. In fact, when I think about it all meat on the bone that you are required to eat using hands and ripping brings out the Neanderthal in me. I stop using my words and communicate in a series of grunts and whistles punctuated with… Read More Baby Backs
The first time I had salmon it was out of tin, unceremoniously dumped on my plate along side a limp leaf of Butter Head lettuce, half an over ripe tomato (which I didn’t mind) and a few thickly cut half rings of hard arsed white onion. A feast for a king…… All I needed was… Read More Grilled Salmon Salad
The Bicycle Thief 