"Eventually I found a seat overlooking the old docks and ordered a Campari and orange. The waiter looked bemused and I felt the need to justify myself, explaini...
"The strongest element makes its presence felt first - at least the juniper scent of it does. The first taste though, is bitter-sweetness from the Campari, whic...
The grand finale for the Valentine dinner. Or alternatively nibbles (sic) for before dinner....
I admit to being wholly seduced by the packaging of these 'de...
"In London with a beautiful, hungry girl one must show her to Mario at The Terrazza. We sat in the ground floor front under the plastic grapes and Mario brought...
A physalis is a small round orange berry in a papery outer covering which looks a bit like a Chinese lantern. It’s part of the nightshade family of plants which...
"The neighbour is a kind soul. When we moved in she left a mason jar of brown rice on our doorstep along with a handwritten note. 'Royal Basmati from the foothi...
"At the butcher's she deliberated over a fillet of beef but could only afford a cut called bavette which I now understand is tasty and cheap."
-Hannah Rothschi...
Chicken or smaller birds (quail for instance) are ‘spatchcocked’ in order to enable them to be cooked more quickly. Effectively the bird is cut in half and then...
Kale v cavolo nero
In Italian cavolo nero means ‘black cabbage’. It’s a member of the brassica family of vegetables, along with cabbage, Brussels sprouts, caul...
