I’m still on a high from a blissful weekend spent in Copenhagen visiting the amazing Fiona aka #goonsquad, with Sarah and Helen. I have been known to rant on about how much I hate minibreaks, the totally tourist aspect makes me cringe HARD, so it was a delight to be taken around the city by [...]
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When it’s this cold I immediately turn to lentils, they’re comforting, easy to cook and stupidly cheap. This Christmas I made braised puy lentils and it despite being the cheapest and easiest dish, it was also one of our favourites. The mix of red wine, bones and herbs give it a rich and satisfying flavour, [...] Gail’s Kitchen opens to the public tomorrow, it’s a new venture from Gail’s Bakery, the people who bring you the posh baked goods, and I was lucky enough to be invited to a preview evening at Myhotel in Bloomsbury. The principle is that as a bakery they’re using their oven mastery to create original dishes [...] You may have picked up on my love of oysters, I’m kind of obsessed. The best ones I ever had were from Maison Premiere in New York but I’ll happily eat UK rock and natives till the cows come home. Invited to learn how to shuck oysters, I jumped at the chance to visit The [...] ‘Where are you? Btw we’ve been upgraded to a SUITE’. One Aldwych recently offered me the chance to stay in their hotel, I’m fairly familiar with the place as it’s just opposite Somerset House so perfect for Fashion Week meetings/industry types-spotting. I invited my sister along as a late birthday treat and from her text [...] Don’t you hate it when you have a bag of chicken hearts in the fridge and you just don’t know what to do with them? After a bit of a BBQ Bonanaza (post on this to follow) one weekend I was left with a hefty sack of chicken hearts. They make a great pre-BBQ appetizer, [...] I’m a bit of a black pudding addict, perhaps it’s something slightly perverse about the fact that you’re eating blood and fat that makes it so enjoyable. It’s such a great breakfast meat, far superior to a clumsily salty rasher of bacon or a simple sausage. My favourite way to eat it is fairly plainly, [...] Warning! As well as your usual cosy nonsense this Sunday Sundries contains hairballs. Well that’s what happens when you get your hair cut at home, something you don’t get at your hairdressers. Champagne and bruschetta in a sunny garden is an unbearably smug way to start off the weekend, I shoulda been Instagramming that all [...] My recent crumble conquering led me to make up a savoury crumble, loads and loads of courgettes in a cheesy sauce with a breadcrumb topping. Healthy right? I served it with French ‘coquillette’ pasta, it’s a kind of comforting pasta you get served as a kid with lots of butter and gruyere but you can [...]  |
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