Archive for September, 2009
Food for Thought – Elevenses with Nigella Lawson
Posted: 29 September '09 by Niall
There’s a short but interesting interview with Nigella Lawson on BBC’s iPlayer at the minute, in which Nigella talks about her early experiences of food – as a chamber maid in Italy, whisking white sauces for her mother and making veal stew and rabbit with prunes on a teenage visit to France. She also touches..
Categories: On TV and Radio
Hazelnut Biscuits – The X-Factor Substitute
Posted: 29 September '09 by Niall
With Kelly glued to another episode of X-Factor on Sunday evening (with so much crying going on, the contestants must be in serious danger of de-hydration), I was at a bit of a loose end. Looking through the cupboard I saw that we had plenty of stuff for doing some baking – and with a..
Categories: Recipes
Les Halles Cookbook – Anthony Bourdain
Posted: 28 September '09 by Niall
Les Halles Cookbook begins by saying that it’s not really a cookbook – not very helpful then, you might think! Although the book DOES contain plenty fine recipes, it’s much more than that – it’s also an insight into the dark world of running a professional kitchen, and a French bistro in particular. And it’s..
Categories: Books for Cooks
Spaghetti with Prawns and Chilli
Posted: 28 September '09 by Niall
This easy pasta supper is probably the meal that’s made most often in our house, and is great for during the week when you’re not in the mood to spend too long in the kitchen after a long day at work. Also known as “picchi-pacchi spaghetti with prawns and chilli”, the dish is a Sicilian..
Categories: Recipes
Kelly’s Strawberry Swirl
Posted: 24 September '09 by Kelly
I am usually of the thinking that a dessert is not a dessert unless it is oozing and dripping with chocolate. BUT my mind was changed (well sort of) when I tried a Gordon Ramsey dessert he made on the ‘F’ Word. I can’t remember the name so I have decided to name it ‘Kelly’s..
Categories: Recipes
Autumn Cooking
Posted: 23 September '09 by Kelly
Its official, summer is over….. I can hear you ask did it ever even begin?!! BUT lets not dwell on that. This week is officially the start of Autumn. The nights are getting shorter and I am already ordering the coal and wood for the fire. Whenever I think of Autumn food I think of more..
Categories: Recipes
St John Restaurant – It’s offal-y good
Posted: 20 September '09 by Niall
I think that the first time I heard about Fergus Henderson and the St John restaurant was in Anthony Bourdain’s “Les Halles Cookbook / A Cook’s Tour”, and I’ve wanted to go to the restaurant ever since. I check the online menu on a weekly basis, bought Fergus Henderson’s “Nose to Tail Eating” cookbook and..
Categories: Restaurant Reviews
Wine Review: Cotes du Roussillon 2008
Posted: 17 September '09 by Niall
Along with the interesting menu in St John (more of that later) you’ll also find a lengthy and mouth-watering wine-list. The choices for our main courses, which were offal-y good (sic), cried out for a full-bodied red – and the Cotes du Roussillon 2008 certainly fit the bill. The Details The Wine: Cotes du Roussillon..
Categories: Wine Reviews
