The tradition of marking a monarch’s reign with a bespoke dish of cold chicken hatched itself with the first iteration of Jubilee Chicken. It was originally created to mark the Silver Jubilee of George V in 1935. This combination of cold chicken, curried spices and mayonnaise was born when muted Indian flavours still represented the […]
feeding a crowd
If gnocchi by themselves constitute a food hug, then this is closer to a smothering embrace. It’s also an answer to both questions and crisis, from ‘what will we eat for dinner?’, through to ‘do you think I trade this spluttering body in for the 2013 model?’ It’s hard to pinpoint anything more comforting than […]
Sometimes when I’m on my own I eat cherry tomatoes with a sprinkle of salt and a glass of pink wine for dinner. Sometimes I’m sensible, follow my own advice and turn to one of my ‘cooking for one’s recipes – most often the sea bass with green beans and burnt butter and almonds or […]
This is curry in a hurry. It’s nutty and warming, earnest, yet lazy. It lolls about in your bowl and calls for nothing but an errant pappadum and some yogurt, chilli and cucumber on the side. If I skip the softened onion threads I can have it on a fork half way to my mouth […]
Spring should have sprung by now. Seriously. This is getting silly. Wind is lashing the window like a strident horseman and the sky is downright grey. Welcome back to London, Tori. This is the kind of dish I make when there are clouds lazily bobbing across a blue sky and it’s warm enough to […]