Greetings once again. As I get older there may come a time when I can no longer pilot the Rolls around London ‘s restaurants. At which point I will become obliged to stay at home, either in our agreeable Mayfair flat or in our modest mansion in the country. There I will survive on a diet of Waitrose and Marks and Spencer meals all brought to me by my latest young male assistant via the magic of the Interwe
Seafood and Herb Lasagne recipe
If you love seafood, you’ll like this fabulous fish lasagne. Use fresh fish from the counter, or make the most of convenient packs of mixed frozen seafood to make it easy for you.
Boiled Szechuan Style Rippled Dumplings Recipe
The filling for these dumplings is typically Szechuan – the Szechuan peppercorns have a tingling, numbing flavour that is quite addictive. You’ll soon find yourself ladlling them over your food with abandon just like the Szechuanese!
Roasted Vegetable Lasagne
No apologies for championing a bottled sauce here. Dolmio sauces are good quality and cut preperation time down by hours. What? You think every Italian woman has the time to make her own ragu ? Tu sei pazzo!
Thai Fried Rice with Crab Recipe
Traditionally a way to use up leftover vegetables and scraps of meat, fried rice is a quick and cheap way to feed a hungry crowd. This version is a little more decadent using fresh, handpicked white crab meat and a homemade Thai chili jam.
Vietnamese Pho Recipe
If there is a national dish of Vietnam, it has to be pho. This fragrant noodle soup is slurped around the clock by everyone from business men to students to construction workers, often while squatting on low plastic stools in the street
Chicken, Olive and Sweet Potato Tagine recipe
A tagine is the true heart of Moroccan cooking. It manages to be sweet, spicy, fruity and tangy all at the same time and to cook one at home will fill your kitchen with unbelievably delicious smells.
Whining on about films
So, everything seems to be falling apart at the financial seams, which is obviously quite concerning, but like with all things, there’s always good to be had from bad times. Waitrose, the supermarket, recently reported that sales of their £5-7 wines had dwindled almost into insignificance, whereas sales of wine above £10 had shot through the roof, Champagne too.
Pascal Aussignac of Croque Gascon
As megamall Westfield opens its doors we talk to one of the pioneer restaurateurs going in, both before the big event and on the opening day
Adam Simmonds at Danesfield House
Sitting in some rare August sunshine out on the terrace at Danesfield House Adam Simmonds, Head Chef of the fine dining Oak Room located behind us, slowly draws his gaze away from the fabulous vista of the Chilterns and Thames below him. ‘Yes it is a fabulous location, ‘ he agrees, ‘just fantastic.”