Posts Tagged ‘cook’
Emergency meal planning VS last minute creativity. And a case of missing prawns.
Having a broken foot made me realise the importance of proper meal planning and its difference with creating meals out of what’s in stock. I’m relying more than ever on my Abel & Cole weekly delivery and I find myself going over the order again and again, thinking about our week’s schedule and possible meal…
Read MoreThese fresh rolls are made for eating, that’s just what you’d do
Since the long weekend, I acquired a new food addiction. They’re delicious, easy to make and incredibly moreish: I’m talking about Thai-style fresh spring rolls, filled with rice vermicelli, lots of vegetables, avocado, chillies, basil, mint and parsley. I will tell you exactly what I used, although you are encouraged to try new combinations. I…
Read MorePan fried smoked bass marinated in blood orange juice with hazelnut rich salad
I made this dinner after reading up a recipe for a yummy salad on the Saveur newsletter, attracted by the fact it used lots of hazelnuts. My father grows them everywhere he cannot grow grapes: in Piedmont we have a particular type of hazelnut, the round shaped Tonda Gentile, which is highly prized…
Read MorePasta with Chloe the crab, artichoke and saffron
This dish came out of a hitch. I set out to make agnolotti with some lovely artichokes I brought back from Italy and a small crab I got, live, from the local Food Assembly, an initiative that brings together local producers and sells their fare at a local pub every week. I named the little…
Read MoreFab Thai cooking class…yum!
Today I’ve had an unforgettable experience, one I am temped to repeat, wherever possible, in every country I will visit in the future. Since leaving London for Thailand, I was determined to learn how to cook authentic Thai food. And in Koh Tao, under the attentive eye of Joey at the Koh Tao Thai Cooking…
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