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 […]
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Is there a difference between the food boys and girls are drawn to? (Perhaps we can leave an interrogation about the perils of essentialising gender identities to the end.) It’s a notion that gets bandied around this house quite a bit. “That’s girl food” is the retort that comes from The Hungry One. It’s usually […]
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 […]