This month’s recipes
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Author Archives: Louise
Comforting Ottolenghi cardamom chicken
Winter hasn’t even begun and the weather is already starting to get on my nerves. In my world the only way to counteract the horrors of dark nights, clocks going back and overhearing endless Christmas muzak is by finding glorious … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, One pot, The Guardian, Yotam Ottolenghi
Tagged chicken recipes, one-pot, the Guardian, Yotam Ottolenghi
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WTF Do I Drink Tonight…craft beer, if you have any sense
A long long time ago, in a galaxy far away I worked in a microbrew pub in Paris. It was probably the worst eight months of my life and, although that’s more my fault than Paris’s or the pub’s, I … Continue reading
Roasted lamb shoulder with lemon zest, chorizo and cannellini beans
North London ran out of pork belly yesterday and Friday. I mean, what is the world coming to when an Islingtonian can’t get their favourite cut of meat? Yes, I am taking the piss out of myself…but when you have … Continue reading
Posted in Andy Bates, Lamb recipes
Tagged Andy Bates, Camden Town Brewery, Food Network UK, lamb recipes
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Champagne, cheesy biscuits and celebrating
I am celebrating. The bathroom is done-ish, I have some more work when the landscape was looking distinctly bare and I have just made peace with my oldest friend in the world, probably one of the few people, bar my … Continue reading
From Lot-et-Garonne to N7: gratin Dauphinois gets an upgrade
For a long, long time I was a purist about gratin Dauphinois both in terms of how I cooked it and when I ate it. As far as I was concerned, it only had six ingredients — potatoes, garlic, milk, cream, … Continue reading
Friday Night Fixes: feta-basil crostini and anchovy dressing for green vegetables
My cooking life has, rather unexpectedly, been turned upside down by renovations that don’t even touch the kitchen. A new bathroom. moving the washing machine and new doors would, in most people’s houses, not even stroke the edges of the … Continue reading
Salted caramel butter sauce…oh and chocolate prune cake
I don’t make dessert very often. I never make it for myself, since a square of chocolate or, erm, a handful of Haribo usually suffices, so I only ever practise on my unwitting guests. As a result I don’t really … Continue reading
Posted in Cake recipes, David Lebovitz
Tagged chocolate cake, David Lebovitz, salted caramel
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Duck parmentier
I’m back! Did you notice I’d gone? Did you know that I was in Port Eliot, then Suffolk, then France then the Edinburgh Festival? What do you mean you had better things to do?! Ah well, me too, but now … Continue reading
The importance of a lemon zester and courgette, lemon, basil and Parmesan salad
What is the one piece of kit that you can’t be without, not in general circumstances but if you are facing the seasonal challenge of a holiday in a rented house? The clichéd response is ‘a good knife’. But doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Fast food fixes, One pot, Salad recipes, Summer recipes, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged courgette recipes, salad recipes, Southwold, Trasierra
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Smoked haddock, chilli, coriander and ginger pilaf
There are three things that make cooking go well in my opinion: a complete immersion in, and love for the process, the best ingredients and the sort of hunger that allows you to appreciate and wait for the results, rather … Continue reading
Posted in Fish recipes, Simon Hopkinson, Wheat-free
Tagged easy fish recipes, Simon Hopkinson, smoked haddock recipes
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 