This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: Chefs
The French toast to beat all French toasts
There is breakfast. You know, cereal, toast, porridge, a bit of fruit, yogurt, something grabbed from the coffee shop. Then there is brunch which, as far I am concerned, is just a bigger, often cooked breakfast so waffles, pancakes, eggs Benedict, … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast recipes, Yotam Ottolenghi
Tagged brunch recipes, French toast recipe, Plenty More
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Sunday perfect: Peter Gordon’s Parmesan and pine nut scones
Once upon a time, there were three small children, my sister’s children. I loved making them food, even though that often consisted of serving them honey sandwiches (a true sign of my love for them, since I am a teensy … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast recipes, Peter Gordon
Tagged baking, brunch recipes, Peter Gordon, scones, Shakespeare's Globe
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Summery socca
You’ve probably never heard of socca. I hadn’t until a year ago when I found it in one, then two, cookery books, both written by Francophile North Americans (David Lebovitz and Dorie Greenspan). It is a chickpea (gram) flour pancake … Continue reading
Turning cabbage into chou: helping you love your greens
Cabbage. Now what does that word conjure up? A soggy, smelly, unappetising vegetable? Or the trendiest green in the winter food wardrobe? I used to be in the former camp, having been raised on overcooked white cabbage at home and … 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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Roasted poussin, or chicken, with lemon and sumac
I went to a party to celebrate (rather than, as is more usual, launch) Dan Lepard’s Short and Sweet the other night. It took place in the newest Comptoir Libanais, in South Kensington, a very simple yet striking restaurant, canteen-like … Continue reading
Posted in Arabesque, Chicken recipes, Claudia Roden, One pot, Yotam Ottolenghi
Tagged chicken recipes, fast recipes, Lebanese recipes
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Plenty: celeriac, lentil and hazelnut salad
If celeriac is the Cinderella of the vegetable world, then Ottolenghi is surely the fairy godmother. Having just received a copy of his most recent cookery book, I am yet again completely inspired by recipe after recipe that turn mundanities … Continue reading
Posted in Salad recipes, Winter vegetables, Yotam Ottolenghi
Tagged celeriac recipes, ottolenghi
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Tofu and spring onion omelettes
Tofu is something I rarely eat, except in a Szechuan or Cantonese restaurant, mainly because I have no idea how to cook it. But, having noticed a) that the Chinese supermarket on the corner stocks three different types, b) that … Continue reading
Peter Gordon’s gnocchi with feta and tomato sauce
Salad was my plan today, or something about how to build one with different elements. But oh my, the weather; if it rains much more I think the colour might be washed out of the sky for good. I’m sitting … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese recipes, Chefs, Cook at home with Peter Gordon, Cookery writers, Fast food fixes, Pasta and gnocchi recipes, Peter Gordon, Peter Gordon, Summer recipes, The Cook Shelf, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged feta recipes, gnocchi recipes, Marks and Spencer, pasta recipes, Peter Gordon, summer recipes
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Ottolenghi’s grilled mackerel with pesto and courgettes
Doesn’t that mackerel look astonishing? It was such a beautiful lilac pink that it seemed a shame to cook it but, well, needs must when the stomach grumbles. I saw this recipe on the Guardian’s site at the weekend and … Continue reading
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