Spinach, chorizo & baby potato salad with a sous vide poached egg
The human brain likes things to work in predictable ways. It’s comforting to know that the shoe we left by the front door when we went to bed will remain there. (Of course, when the dog decides to...
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Jimmy Soul sang: If you wanna be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So from my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you If I am after a great meal, I will...
View ArticleSmoked mackerel, beetroot and potato salad
Like most weeks, last week saw many famous birthdays. Iggy Pop, the super-impressive and seemingly indestructible (despite his best efforts!) grandfather of punk turned 67. Queen Elizabeth II of...
View ArticleMasala-roasted pumpkin salad with halloumi and rocket
One of the most often-quoted bits of linguistic trivia is the fact that the Inuit peoples have more words for snow that any other language – somewhere between 50 and 100, depending on which languages...
View ArticleRoasted beetroot, rocket and feta salad with mustard lemon dressing
Which of the following apply to you? Please tick as many as you like. Are you… having trouble focusing your attention for more than a few seconds finding yourself tuning out in the middle of a...
View ArticleHalloumi, roasted grape & pecan salad
So – 2015! How on earth did that happen? My father once told me that the older he got, the more he tended not to remember individual years but rather just decades – and I am beginning to understand...
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Plum, Serrano ham and mozzarella salad
Pop quiz: what do the following terms all have in common: plumcots ligers labradoodles zebroids limequats wholfins jostaberries No, the answer isn’t that they are the winning words in the 2014 World...
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Spicy harissa coleslaw with pomegranate
Earlier this year the Oxford English Dictionary released its annual list of new words to be added to this venerable publication. They were an interesting mix of the familar, the unfamiliar, the...
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Caramelised blood orange, halloumi and pistachio salad
As I am fond of saying, the world can be divided into two types of people. And over the years I have divided the planet variously into… …Talkers and doers …Those who can touch their toes and those who...
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Potato, salmon and cucumber salad
When I was growing up, my father was never one for sports. Sure, he was a pretty sporty guy when he was younger, playing tennis and swimming competitively at university. But by the time my brother and...
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