We have just dined on Yotam Ottolenghi's Ultimate Winter Couscous (Plenty: page 262). Fair enough, it's just a simple vegetable tagine when all is said and done but, my goodness, it was delicious! The subtle spicing and layers of flavour made this a treat from start to finish. Although lacking the preserved lemons, I improvised and …
Upside down, back to front, knocked sideways…
Well, what a weekend this one is turning out to be. Great busy. Lots strange and piles of new. Hard work - big muchness. The new fridge arrived yesterday and there is a long story around that though I may choose not to bore you with it. It has snowed a little but at least the …
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Goth Weather
Lying in bed last night, awake for much of it again as the elements battered the windows, I suddenly had the notion that we are having Gothic Weather. Come film your horror movies here - we have it all, lashing rain, wind, sleet, hail, thunder and lightning, massive waves and, worst of all, a constant …
Some days are more difficult than others
The current weather is getting me down a little. Today is not a Fast day and will therefore most likely feature chocolate in one form or another, most likely hot. We are trying to eat well on non-fast days but sometimes a cheerer-upper is necessary just to get one through the day. Now, what will …
Feeling Greedy
I know that we do not participate in the annual greed and gluttony-fest that passes for Christmas in many households but if we did, I know what I would be asking for in my stocking: Plenty. I might even request Plenty More. Yotam Ottolenghi has existed as an interesting cook on the periphery of my …
If there were no other reason…
If there were no other reason to favour The Guardian, it would still be worth topping the list just for Felicity Cloake. Time and again when searching for recipes for something I specifically want to make, her How to Cook the Perfect... series crops up in my search results, inevitably yielding the chosen recipe at the …