Pork Larb in Lettuce Cups

I love this quick and simple recipe. It’s great as a canapé, main with sticky rice and green papaya salad or as part of a South-east Asian inspired banquet. I last made these with asian fish cakes and prawn toasts which all go well with sweet and sour dip and satay so everyone could mix…

Luna di Miele in Toscana

We spent our honeymoon in Tuscany – 2 nights in Florence (mainly recovering from the wedding hype/hangovers) and 7 nights in the Maremma, which is South West Tuscany. The best thing about the holiday was exploring all the hilltop villages as well as sampling the local cuisine and sipping as much of the local wine…

Eating our way through Thailand, Vietnam and Kerala

Happy to be back in Blighty after a pretty special journey back from Australia through Thailand, Vietnam and India. Here are a selection of photos documenting some of the delicious food we experienced along the way (with a few cats and nice textures thrown in to help convey the essence of each place). I hope…

Country Eggs and Slow Roast Tomatoes

We booked a weekend away in Daylesford, staying in a house with beautiful olive groves and a kitchen with the charm of an old farmhouse, all wood and utensils galore (which is what inspired the cooking on this trip). I brought Bolognese with us, straight out the freezer which was as usual devoured in 3…