Archive for the 'Fish' Category
Thai Prawn Soup Again
We were planning on cooking moules mariniere tonight, but neither of the shops that we visited had mussels, so we scrapped that idea. Then we thought we would do some sort of spaghetti with prawns, so we bought some prawns. When it came to discussing exactly what sort of “spaghetti with prawns” we would have, […]
Read More..>>Prince of Wales, Putney
One of our friends had the giant puffballs on toast. We were all intrigued as to just how giant the mushrooms would be and, having asked the waitress, she brought it out to show us. The picture is rather fuzzy but it does at least give an idea of the size, enormous! Although I didn’t […]
Read More..>>Pasta with Anchovy Sauce
Tonight’s dinner was supposed to be Spicy Lentil Soup with Savoy Cabbage and Bacon but it went wrong, so wrong that when I tried to rescue it, I just made things worse and it had to go in the bin. There wasn’t a Plan B until I remembered this Nigella recipe (originally by Anna del […]
Read More..>>Oyster Masterclass
A few weeks ago, I was contacted by the PR company behind Le Bouchon Breton is Spitalfields and asked if I wanted to attend their latest oyster masterclass; we would be tasting a selection of 10 oysters from France, England, Scotland and the Channel Islands, all paired with a selection of Champagne and fine wine. […]
Read More..>>Nigel Slater’s Thai-inspired Soup
I don’t like this time of year very much. Summer is my favourite season and, when it comes to an end, the prospect of short evenings and dark, cold days fills me with a sense of dread. I do however enjoy winter cooking and the change in the television schedule: just now there is a […]
Read More..>>Squid, Salsa Verde Mackerel and Boulangere Potatoes
After a few days of decent but relatively dull food, we decided that we should celebrate the start of the weekend with something more interesting. Autumn looks like it’s on the way so we thought we would use the barbecue while we still could. Stephen picked up some squid on the way home that we […]
Read More..>>The Bull and Last
After a week of intensive meat-eating in the Lake District, the very last thing we should have been doing was eating another big, meat-heavy meal. We had already booked this some time ago, as part of Dine with Dos Hermanos so, we made our way to Highgate feeling slightly apprehensive and very guilty about the […]
Read More..>>A Day in Lille
I’m not very good at getting up early, particularly at the weekends. My favourite kind of Saturday involves lounging around watching Saturday Kitchen with some tea and toast while planning what we’re going to cook that weekend. There was no time for that this weekend though since the alarm was set for 4am ready for […]
Read More..>>Gilt Head Bream
We spent another weekend in Kent and visited Broadstairs on Saturday. The weather was good and we enjoyed honeycomb, hazelnut and mango ice-creams from Morellis, a lovely old-fashioned ice-cream parlour overlooking the beach. Broadstairs doesn’t have a working harbour unfortunately so, on the way back to my mum’s, we stopped off in Whitstable to pick […]
Read More..>>Barbecued Sardines
For a while now we have been keeping an eye out for fresh sardines, so it was some coincidence that on the day that we decided that we were going to barbecue fish, we came across some Cornish sardines in Waitrose. We gutted them, then marinated them in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, parsley, salt […]
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