This is a bastardisation of tapas, and of tortilla. For one; tapas usually involves plates (note the plural). Meanwhile this dish uses just one. It’s also a bastardisation of a tortilla. Tortilla normally appears as tall wedges of omelette, buxom with slices of potato and other cheerful things. This one is a little flat chested. […]
vegetarian
I have a wee thing for tasting platters. It’s what I’ll usually pull out if people are coming over. What, with public transport and busy lives it’s mad to expect everyone to arrive at the same time for a proper plated starter. Having a picking platter to start means people can just dive straight in- […]
‘I’d like something green. And I’m a little too tired to chew’. This is how dinner came to be. We’d flown back in after five days in Morocco. We arrived home at 2.30am. The Hungry One had to be up and off to work the next morning at 7.30 am. There was dust still in […]
I think this is a breakfast that needs to be re branded. It needs a focus group. It needs some SMART objectives. It needs some brainstorming, with butcher’s paper and pens that will stain the sides of your index finger. In the wake of that, it might need someone to develop a proper style guide […]
This is a dish that was taught to me by a baby. Her name was Ainsley. Back when I was doing my masters, I was a nanny during the day. Ainsley was one of the sweetest things around. She was Snow White in size 00 pants. She was an excellent companion for coffee, and at […]