Carrie Mae Weems – The Kitchen Table Series
An exhibition opens in London today displaying works conceived by the American photographer,Carrie Mae Weems. Her idea was to depict the battles of family life ...
Expertise
Wedding Cake Supplier, Laura Hasson, on Cup Cakes
This month's guru is Laura Hasson - founder of Meadow Cottage Bakery and lover of cake - who gives us her learnt-from-long-experience baking tips and simpl...
Rote Grütze – a German compote of woodland berries
When I was pregnant with our first child I travelled often to Hamburg and developed a manic craving for the famous Hamburg Rote Grütze, a sort of melded mix of ...
Matjes, Maatjes, Pickled Herring or Soused Herring… a Rose By Any Other Name?
"Matjes are herrings caught before they have spawned. They are reputedly at their best in early summer when stalls appear on Amsterdam streets. Matjes made the ...
The Eternal Potato Question: Which Potatoes Are Best For Baking, Roasting, Mashing, Boiling, Frying?
In this post:Brief introduction
Table 1: potato cooking methods and the type of potato to use for each with links to the methods
Table 2: comprehens...
All You Need To Know About Swiss Chard – How To Cook It, What To Do With It, And Two Little-known Facts About It
In an Italian supermarket recently I asked for spinach and was told the season was over but why didn’t I try ‘this’ pointing to little bunches of green leaves –...
Spanish Cuisine For Beginners
Anneliese Kiely, Masterchef finalistGuru for August is Anneliese Kiely. A Masterchef finalist in 2011, Anneliese runs La Cala Catering, based in Romsey, H...
How Do You Make Flour? Ex-miller and Museums & Heritage Adviser, Rob Shoreland-Ball, Tells All
The guru for July is Rob Shorland-Ball, one-time flour miller and, since 1994 museums and heritage adviser and consultant: he tells us all about flour and the m...
How To Cook Baby Turnips, A Historical Fact, A Random Thought, And Three Ideas
"It augmentith the seed of man and provoketh carnel lust"
-Sir Thomas Elliot on turnips, 1539
Normal turnips, in my view, really are for livestock -...
How To Make Elderflower Cordial
These instructions for making elderflower cordial were given to me about 25 years ago and I have used them every year since then with great success. I...