The weather is glorious right now, sunny and very warm. Barbecues and eating outside are very much the order of the day. So, two very easy recipes to accompany a selection of meats from the barbecue: Potato Salad and Tomato Salad. I make potato salad fairly regularly, especially in summer. I’ve made many different styles […]
Moussaka is really just a fancy Greek kind of shepherd’s pie. It can, in my experience, tend to be a bit on the oily side, but the authors here are very clear about what a good moussaka should be. Besides, I’ve made this particular recipe before, although not for quite a few years now. I was […]
Ratatouille is one of my favourite Pixar movies, and so I’ve been hankering after making this dish ever since I started this project. Well, our Riverford veg box included an aubergine this week, so that was all I needed to spur me into action. According to the book, Ratatouille “languishes in a somewhat tarnished reputation”. […]
After my first, not too successful, attempt at making taramasalata, I was determined to try again. The problem with the previous version was a strong bitter aftertaste, and I was convinced that it was the onion juice that was causing that. So, I made a new batch today. I followed exactly the same recipe, but […]
Sometimes, when you cook a recipe, it all just falls perfectly into place. Everything works exactly as it should, at exactly the right time. Sometimes, though, fate plays a different hand, and nothing pans out quite the way you want. So it felt with this cheesecake. It’s years since I’ve made a cheesecake, so I decided […]
I love both hummus and taramasalata, and thought they’d be a great pair of things to make to snack on together with some nice slices of toast. I regularly make hummus, but have never made my own taramasalata before, so I was keen to try that out. Both are very simple recipes and wouldn’t take […]