This month’s recipes
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Author Archives: Louise
Winter tabbouleh recipe, via Moro and me
Living in N7 can be a mixed blessing. You can, for example, buy the above haul of vegetables for less than £9. However, you may have to dodge the people shopping in wet pink slippers to do so. But I … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free, Winter vegetables
Tagged Moro, salad, vegetarian
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HFW’s Mexican chorizo: a dream storecupboard ingredient
Once upon a time chorizo came cured and in slices. It was something you had on toast for a tapa and struggled to pronounce. Then, a few years ago, a new form of chorizo appeared on our shores: a cooking … Continue reading
Tartiflette: the après without the ski
At this time of year lots of very smug-looking people get on the Piccadilly Line with huge great long bags, full of their own skis (no ‘renting’ them for the ‘pros’), and for a nanosecond I dream of snow, blue … Continue reading
A New Year’s brunch: Ottolenghi’s shakshuka
When I was a teenager there was one recurrent theme about Christmas: even though the house was full of snacks and free booze, by December 27th I was desperate, frantic even, to get out of the house and pay to … Continue reading
A Christmas cocktail: chocolate black velvet
I bought myself a few cookery books in the States because, you know, there’s always room for one or two more. And I bought Mast Brothers Chocolate on the strength of two things: the absolutely beautiful photography and text design (probably some … Continue reading
An inspired cauliflower ‘steak’
Cauliflower is not exactly the sexiest or trendiest of vegetables. Every gastropub worth their coarse sea salt has kale, celeriac and, ugh, beetroot on its menu but the humble cauli is not yet that popular. Personally, I love the way … Continue reading
Nigella’s chestnut and pancetta salad with kale
I am not one for defending celebs, nor do I care what they get up to in their private lives, but the current media circus around Nigella Lawson, and the fact that she has taken drugs is quite something. Especially … Continue reading
Posted in greens recipes, How to Eat
Tagged Anthony Bourdain, kale recipes, Nigella Lawson, winter salads
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Roquefort, walnut and raisin bread
This is a very selfish post. I made this bread yesterday and, despite the fact that it’s not dinner, or a meal, or anything you’re likely to make after work, I am still blogging about it because I want the … Continue reading
Throw-in-the-oven Ottolenghi chicken (no, not an oxymoron)
Whenever I rave about Ottolenghi, someone always says, without fail, ‘oh I can’t be bothered; he uses too many ingredients’. In the last week alone the mention of his name to a) a real foodie and b) someone not that … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, One pot, The Guardian, Wheat-free, Yotam Ottolenghi
Tagged chicken recipes, one-pot, the Guardian, Yotam Ottolenghi
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A winter salad for a sunny day
I am a little bit obsessed with vegetables at the moment, so forgive me for another flesh-free post. It’s all the lovely Sarah’s fault. She’s a vegetarian, a real vegetarian (rather than the ones who are actually ‘pescatarians’), and during … Continue reading
WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 