Home-made mayonnaise is another of those life enhancing things I prefer not to live without. It tastes so much better than anything you can buy, but this recipe comes with a warning. Much like Hollandaise Sauce, making it means you can no longer hide from yourself the amount of … [Read more...]
Fraisier Cake
It was Nigel's birthday earlier this month - and that always involves strawberries. Despite the fact we'd been picking them from the garden for most of June, when Nigel was a child his birthday always signalled the first strawberries of the summer and some things should be … [Read more...]
French-Style Potato Salad
French-Style potato salad as opposed to one that's dressed in mayonnaise or soured cream. I did play about with calling it 'Herby Potato Salad' because there are a lot of herbs, but the vinaigrette dressing swung it. In my house, this is just called 'Potato Salad'. It's my … [Read more...]
Globe Artichokes
A Globe Artichoke doesn't exactly fill you up, but it always feels like an event. I've given up hoping I'll ever be the kind of glamorous woman who looks fabulous in shades of creams and taupe, but I'm clinging to the belief eating a Globe Artichoke is the pinnacle of foodie … [Read more...]
Hollandaise Sauce
No-one needs Hollandaise, but wouldn't life be a poorer thing without it? It's one of the five 'mother' sauces in French Haute Cuisine and I suspect that's why it's got the reputation as 'difficult' - but if you resolutely refuse to be star-struck, it really isn't a diva to … [Read more...]