Veggie cool, London style

Veggie has suddenly become uber cool – almost over-night it seems. In July The Observer Food Monthly dedicated an entire edition to the cause; end of August sees NY’s highly regarded Otarian comes to LDN (fast-food, veggie style); and pretty much every other week every other celeb (as long as they’re of the young, female and lithe variety – oh and Russell Brand) is name-dropping Meat-Free Monday as the new ‘in’ cause. It’s hippy-chic all over again – but this time we’re talking food, not fashion.

What’s for dinner? – Romilla Arber

‘What’s for dinner?” That’s a question asked approximately two minutes after the confirmation of lunch on the table in my house. The answer to that question isn’t a light one. At least not for Romilla Arber who tried to address it with her 656 page début, ‘what’s for dinner’.

KitchenAid ice cream maker – a cool piece of kit

In testing out the ice cream attachment, I tried the French Vanilla ice cream recipe in from instruction booklet and I have to tell you that it did turn out exceptionally well, smooth, creamy and full of flavour, the guests that I had made it for loved it, as did I. The process of freezing it was made a whole lot easier than it otherwise would have been having used the KitchenAid.