This is a dish for special occasions. If you were to overhear the start of a conversation about why, it has all the hallmarks of an appetising one. ‘Coffee, dark, aura, chilli,’… there’s every chance these will be muddled in the first sentences. It’s only afterwards if you catch the references to vomiting, pain and […]
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Some nights you just need a bowl of chicken soup. Not because you’re particularly poorly. Not because you’ve got a gaping whole in your soul that can only be cosseted by poultry fat. You might have got a parking ticket. You might have accidentally sent a reply all email with something unflattering in it – […]
“I’ve had a big day”. This is what my niece Pia told me last week. She spooled through the door to her house, put down her backpack (with a smiling owl on the back) and sprawled out on the couch. It had been a big day for a four year old at day care. It […]
There are some recipes that just get stuck in your brain. Not that you’ve tasted or tried them, but because of their promise of whimsy. I’m talking about the naughtiness in a spotted dick. The holiday escapism that stows away in something that’s titled Turkish delight. And the incredulity of serving chicken with 40 cloves […]
To be honest, this wedding really is the Queen’s party. She’s footing a good chunk of the bill and the celebrations are at her palace. So it wouldn’t be right or proper for us to have a feast that didn’t honour her contribution to the day. These nibbles hail from the day Queen Elizabeth II […]