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Sampling delicious local food is one of my favourite things about travelling and I know many of you agree. If you are planning a trip to visit England, here are some traditional English foods to try while you are here. Each region of England has its own traditional regional specialities, and I couldn’t possibly cover them ... Read more »
I’ve long wanted to be able to make a kouign amman, a traditional sweet, cake-shaped bread developed in Brittany in 1860. The story is that when a boulangerie ran out of cake, they asked a baker to make something cake-like to meet demand; not familiar with making cake he combined layers of bread dough with ... Read more »
Subtitled ‘Show The Dough Who’s Boss’, Crumb by Richard Bertinet is the distillation of over 30 years spent as a baker, pastry chef and expert consultant for restaurants and food businesses. Hailing from Breton in France, Bertinet now lives in Bath where he runs his cookery school, The Bertinet Kitchen. There he teaches hundreds of ... Read more »
Carl Clarke reckons this Spatchcock Chicken with Five Spice, Honey and Soy is one of the most delicious recipes in his book A Whole Chicken and having made it, we think he may be right! Following his easy instructions on how to spatchcock, the rest of the recipe was also very straightforward: mix a simple ... Read more »
Bulgogi is a Korean dish, most commonly made with beef, pork or chicken cut into slices, marinated and cooked on a grill. The literal translation means “fire meat”, and I’ve often enjoyed bulgogi at restaurants offering a table barbeque on which I can cook the meat myself. The typical bulgogi marinade is both savoury and ... Read more »
There’s no doubt that this recipe for Doritos-Coated Schnitzel with Fried Eggs and Anchovies from Carl Clarke’s A Whole Chicken catches our attention because of its gimmicky idea to use crushed tortilla chips in the crumb for fried chicken! The question is, does this take on a classic Austrian Schnitzel Holstein work? The answer is ... Read more »
Even if I didn’t love eating chicken as much as I do, I’d find it hard to resist Carl Clarke’s A Whole Chicken with its vibrant green cover splashed with bright yellow and hot pink in the shape of a chicken’s face! The book’s cover promises “100 easy but innovative ways to cook from beak ... Read more »
I love the way that Sabrina Ghayour takes inspiration from the food traditions of the Middle East, and merges them with ideas and ingredients from around the world to create her own modern British, globally-influenced cooking. That’s very much the case for this Chorizo, Goats Cheese & Cumin Borek from Sabrina’s latest cookbook, Simply. As ... Read more »
Sabrina’s recipes are known for being full of flavour, yet straightforward and achievable to make, and that goes double for the recipes in her latest book, Simply. These delicious turmeric chicken kebabs combine turmeric, honey, yoghurt and fresh lime in a simple marinade, and can be cooked on the hob, in the oven or on ... Read more »
This Yoghurt and Spice Roasted Salmon recipe from Simply by Sabrina Ghayour is a great example of how few ingredients you need to create a really delicious dish. It’s also very quick to pull together and cook, making it perfect for midweek dinners or quick lunches. Read our full review of Simply by Sabrina Ghayour, ... Read more »
The Place of Onions, in old Lille. After last night’s rainstorm the intense sticky heat has broken and today is cool, breezy, fresh… I love it! A drop of… [more]
We went to Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire at The Void this morning, an amazing VR experience where we got to be Rebel Alliance members going undercover as… [more]