A Globe Artichoke doesn't exactly fill you up, but it always feels like an event. I've given up hoping I'll ever be the kind of glamorous woman who looks fabulous in shades of creams and taupe, but I'm clinging to the belief eating a Globe Artichoke is the pinnacle of foodie … [Read more...]
Cheese Soufflé Jacket Potatoes
Soufflé-ish. I've made up a bit of a fancy name for what is really a cheesy baked potato. It's my solution to the fact Dom isn't excited at the prospect of a baked potato and Liddy thinks they are the food of the gods. I make these in all kinds of incarnations. I feel sure if … [Read more...]
Dauphinoise Potatoes
Still cooking in 'real' time (must stop that) … but that means, here in the UK, it was Mothering Sunday yesterday. In fact, for us we'd also decided to celebrate my eldest son's 22nd birthday - a little late - so the seven of us would be together. Dom is nothing if not … [Read more...]
Guacamole
The great thing about Guacamole is there is no one recipe for it, which means you can't be wrong. Aztecs were eating this in the sixteenth century and it seems like the only thing you absolutely have to have is avocado and salt. I like mine 'chunky', which is definitely a … [Read more...]
Roasted Gem Squash with Mushrooms and Cream
Shirley Conran very effectively sold the idea that 'life's too short to stuff a mushroom' - but in the struggle against the relentless pressure on women to be 'perfect', why did the poor vegetable get it? Now, if she'd written life was too short to clean windows or dust … [Read more...]