I've been on a quest for a really scrumptious chocolate sorbet for a while. When it's hot, it hits the chocolate spot like nothing else. More refreshing than a dairy ice cream, this sorbet is still seductively creamy, with a meltingly silky … [Read more...]
Mint sorbet
Phew, it's hotter than something that's really hot. Cambridge reached 100F yesterday, and had the distinction of being the hottest place in the UK, on a day that had its own dubious distinction of being the hottest July day on record. It's a … [Read more...]
Summer fruits: a decadent chocolate-raspberry brownie with white chocolate, and a lighter way with Pavlova
[This article was published in the July 2017 edition of Cambridge magazine). Summer fruits are irresistible. Who can look at all that colour and not want to come away with a little of this, a little of that, simply because it all looks so … [Read more...]
A Maytime menu to cook together: asparagus and pea ravioli, and coffee crème caramel
May: the landscape is never so alive with growth as it is now, life pushing ahead, making more of itself. It renews us too: our love for life and each other, our desire to connect with all this radiance. A friend was telling me recently as we … [Read more...]
Shepherd’s pie step-by-step
My recipe for this comforting family dish of lamb and vegetables topped with mashed potatoes is offered here by request, with step-by-step instructions. Simple and familiar as it is, it proved very popular recently with family of all ages for being … [Read more...]
Cambridge in June: spring lamb and summer strawberries
[This article was one of a series of Crumbs on the Table monthly food columns published in Weekend (editor, Alice Ryan), the Saturday supplement of the Cambridge News.] … [Read more...]