Nectarine, Sweetcorn, and Rocket Salad
Sometimes the best recipes are almost coincidence, a perfect marriage of flavours arising from season, abundance, and circumstance. We’ve been …
Category Archives: Summer
What to do with a glut of…figs
I’ve previously written about what to do with gluts of plums, apples or pears, and with the Australian harvest in …
Green Bean Salad
It’s funny how sometimes you can get so caught up with new ingredients and complex presentations, that you forget how …
My Favourite Potato Salads
Potato salad is one of a few salads that were staples at almost every picnic and barbecue when I was …
Summer Berry Pudding Cake
When you look at this recipe it really is absurd. A cake made with 150g flour and 165g sugar somehow …
What to do with a glut of…plums
Plums seem to be one of those fruit that many people grow and have a surplus of. All these beautiful …
Plum, Fig and Almond Slice
I love cooking on that cusp of summer to autumn, and in culinary terms it’s definitely one of my favourite …
Camping Food
Over the years we’ve been camping (or ‘glamping’ if you prefer given the availability of electricity and hot water!) I’ve …
My Favourite Salad Nicoise
Salad Nicoise is an absolute classic, and also one of my favourite summer meals. While originally served by the French …
Very Green Marinated and Spiced Roast Chicken, Plus Leftover Ideas…
Some of the dishes I post about here are created in a flash of inspiration and then written about shortly …
