My kitchen garden is an explosion right now and the bad-boy is without doubt the courgette – these guys just run riot. But as wild as they are the ill-mannered courgette plant has a pretty soft side – an incredible yellow flower that has a very, very short shelf life. These are fantastic to work… Read More Porcini & Cheese Stuffed Courgette Flowers
So this dish is all about Sumac – an incredible spice typically native to the Middle East and certain parts of Italy (and North America) – it’s tart, punchy and has a knock out deep dark purple colour to it. It’s a little other-worldly and feels oddly ‘in-organic’ but its serious stuff when it… Read More Chicken with Sumac & Coriander
I’m not the biggest fan of Cod, simply because it can be as bland as (insert plaintive expletive here) but if you can get the good stuff from a really good Fish-monger and you know what to do with it well, it can be absolutely (expletive again)-ing incredible. I’m blessed with a Butcher and Fishmonger… Read More Baked Cod fish with Capers and Peppers
“Big Scampi…these are just big-assed Scampi right”? That kinda logic is pretty hard to argue with and it’s an observation made by a buddy of mine on these Monkfish Goujons…and, well he’s bang on the money – these are big-assed scampi! It’s hard to imagine that Monkfish ‘back in the day’ (circ 1976) was almost… Read More Monkfish Goujons with a Parmesan crust
My awakening to fungi came as a result of my Dad’s moderate foraging nature. I wouldn’t describe him as a professional forager but he knows where to find incredible field mushrooms which he turns into mouth-watering breakfasts and knock out soups along with secret wild garlic ‘carpets’ carefully guarded and culled on the QT to… Read More Girolles with Pork & beer
The Bicycle Thief 