Japanese golden curry chicken katsu
I love chicken katsu curry. I mean, what’s not to love? Crispy chicken, curry sauce, a mountain of fluffy rice. It’s a perfect meal. I’d eaten it here in the…
Gingey Bites
Field Doctor to the rescue?
Last month (or maybe the month before, who knows these days?!) I took part in a zoom tasting session with some other bloggers and the team behind Field Doctor which…
Meera Sodha’s East: vegan and vegetarian recipes from Bangalore to Beijing
Meera Sodha’s East is a wonderful cookbook and one I’ve used a lot during lockdown so far. I’d seen this book at my friend’s house but this is my first…
Lockdown musings, 5 months in…
It’s been 152 days since we moved into our ‘new’ house, 149 days since the UK went into official lockdown and 46 days since my last blog post (a record…
Cooking the books: good eating – suggestions for wartime dishes
I’ve just managed to squeeze Cooking the Books in before the calendar ticks into a new month. June has been a bit up and down here, with lockdown taking its…
Whisky and cherry banana bread
The whole world is making banana bread right now isn’t it? That and sourdough. We’re guilty of both in this house I’m afraid! Dave’s been playing around a lot with…
Cooking the books: Samarkand
Just squeezing this in before the end of the month! May’s cooking the books looks at Samarkand – recipes & stories from Central Asia & the Caucasus – as chosen…
Hello Fresh teriyaki sea bass & another look at their recipe boxes
I first reviewed a Hello Fresh recipe box in 2013. A lot has changed since then, my photography skills (!), their range and packaging through to the way their recipe…
Kkakdugi – easy radish kimchi
If you love Kimchi, you’ll love Kkadugi (radish kimchi). It’s one of my favourite Korean side dishes and is really easy to make. You can eat it straight away or…
Belly laughs at home – here we go again!
Some of you may remember back in January I posted about my involvement in a thing called Belly Laughs? It’s something which was set up by (my now good friend)…