Some of my favourite things
Aubergines are without doubt my favourite vegetable, this is amongst my favourite ways to cook them and this recipe is from one of my favourite cooks and food writers, Simon Hopkinson.
I like this with hot pitta bread as an apetiser or even better served with grilled lamb.
Creamed Aubergines
2 large aubergines [...]
There was plenty to celebrate yesterday, my brother and Kate’s engagement, the presence of our Canadian cousins, my birthday, a graduation, a new kitchen and a glorious cloudless late September day. The sun shone and warmed our backs as we raised our glasses 5 times. We knew we were tempting fate regarding the weather when [...]
My sister, who seems to be developing extremely good taste and a sharp eye when it comes to wine, brought two bottles of Lirac, La Fermade, Domaine Maby 2006 for with dinner last night. It is a dark ruby red, its nose reminiscent of blackcurrant and cherry (subtly though). It is a generously flavoured supple red [...]
I am full of a sniffling, sneezing, sore nose of a cold which Vincenzo blames on my insistance on walking around in bare feet in September, maybe he is right but I just can’t get the hang of slippers. We caught the early flight from Rome to london yesterday morning and two and a half [...]
Rome is a happy home now, but London, well London is home home.
Now, I have enough annual trips back to prevent any serious symptoms of homesickness and enough visitors to keep me well supplied with amongst other things marmite, golden syrup, english breakfast tea and my mums seville marmalade, but just occasionally a pang creeps [...]
Broccoli romanesco is another item I could include on my list of things I love about Rome. I had never seen or tasted this magnificent vegetable until I came to Rome three years ago. It is part of the Brassicas family and is a relative of the cauliflower. It has large waxy grey green leaves [...]
I love countless things about Rome, a disproportionate number of which are food related, sorry if that makes me food shallow. I would like to begin recounting some of them here and what better way to start than with something I ate just half an hour ago….
Eating a thin and crispy Roman pizza Margarita its [...]
This is the recipe I was talking about in my last post. Fresh barlotti beans simply boiled and then coated with Olive oil which has been warmed with a little finely sliced garlic and finally tossed with rocket leaves and a little chopped parsley. This is maybe one of the best ways to enjoy and [...]
Look what I have got sitting on my kitchen table, a huge basket full of exquisitely mottled fresh borlotti beans…….aren’t they beautiful………well maybe my photo doesn’t do them justice but I have just been sitting looking at them and I promise you they are quite lovely.
I just bought 2 kilos, 2 whole lovely kilos, at [...]
I first found this recipe in Elizabeth David’s French Country Cooking quite along time ago and was reminded of it recently by Simon Hopkinson in his brilliant book Roast chicken and Other Stories. It is simply one of the most sublime chocolate puddings I know, in fact I think it is maybe amongst some of [...]
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