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My husband recently requested that I find and try a thai green curry recipe. I cook curries regularly, but for some reason have never tried a thai green one. So after a quick search I came up with this recipe from Jamie Oliver including a thai green paste recipe. I …

We all need more fish in our diets. So in an effort to add more to mine, I have been trying out some different recipes. My husband and I are both keen on a Salmon and Cous Cous recipe from Jamie Oliver. I do a simplified version of it as …

The nights are drawing in and the temperature is dropping, so we’re changing how we cook and what we eat to feel more cosy. In autumn, warming food like stews, roasts, chilli-con-carne, and toad-in-the-hole start to appear more regularly on the dinner table. At Halloween and on Bonfire night we …

This week is final week for Celebrity Masterchef 2014. Last night was their last challenge as a quartet (Charley Boorman, Jodie Kidd, Wayne Sleep, and Sophie Thompson); the celebrities cooked two dishes of their own design for three of the most feared restaurant critics. If you missed last night’s episode …

A couple of weeks ago for my husband’s birthday, we treated ourselves to a posh night out and opted for the tasting menu. This past weekend I was talking with friends who had also recently done the same thing but with a different purpose behind choosing the tasting menu.
Tasting menu- …

Thanksgiving wine pairing is, as per usual, picking wines that you are going to enjoy. Meaning wines that suit your tastes. However, we can think a bit further than this with regards to which wines will stand up to a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
Thanksgiving wine pairing – the meal
This meal is …

Inspired once again by my students I have been thinking which wines would be a good alternative to New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc which, according to some of my London-based hospitality students is the most popular wine at the moment by far; a wine for those occasions when we want to …