Saffron Strands

Seville orange marmalade My record with marmalade leaves a lot to be desired.  I can make jam, but somehow the knack for a perfectly s...

Cuts of Beef from my copy of Reader's Digest 'The Cookery Year' I was planning to write a piece on 'food waste'....

The annual Calҫotada festivals are a feature of winter in Spain's Catalunya region.  Somewhere between a spring onion and a leek, cal...

Soda Bread Everyone, except me, seems to be baking their own bread at the moment.  The truth is, I don't have an affinity with yea...

Donostia, London W1 Cod Cheeks Pil-Pil The backlash against 'gourmet fast-food' restaurants in London has started. Having neve...

Candied Cedro I'm ending this year on a preserving note.  Though everyone has their sleeves rolled up and heads filled with Chri...

Marylebone London Farmers Market is my favourite farmers market and one fairly new pitch has been grabbing my attention.  This week a bag...

Ulcigrai Family Pannetone OK, so this is actually a list of what I would like for Christmas, but it might give you ideas if you ha...

'Chop of the Day' at The Quality Chop House Built in 1870 this London 'chophouse' has been dishing up unpretentious fo...

I know many of you are interested in news from Maltby Street and Spa Terminus so here's a quick update.  In April I posted about th...