Sopa de Guisantes con Jamón (Pea Soup with Serrano Ham)
Sopa de Guisantes con Jamon (Pea Soup with Serrano Ham)The recipe for this healthy, warming, rich soup is from Omar Allibhoy's Spanish Made Simple and will take you just 20 minutes to make from...
Tortilla de Patatas
Few of us know how to make a golden, flavourful, creamy Spanish Tortilla correctly. Ciri Gonzalez formerly at La Encina, Palencia was Spain's Tortilla Queen for many years, having...
Lemon Delicious
This heavenly lemon pudding with its feathery golden sponge atop a delicious sharp lemon curd is one of my all time favourite desserts, and is even more delicious served with lashings...
Spaghetti alle Vongole
I was thrilled to discover one of my all time favourite dishes on the menu at Claridge's X Dante where my son Linden Pride, and his partner Nathalie Hudson, owners of Dante NYC...
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Ever Heard of Houchoushiki?
Ever heard of Houchoushiki?Most of us have heard of the Japanese tea ceremony, the cherry blossom ceremony and ikebana, but have you heard of, or seen, the traditional Japanese knife ceremony called Houchoushiki ?While it represents many essential aspects of Japanese...
Golden Trumpets of Sunshine
You've no doubt heard of the Eureka, the Meyer, the Lisbon and the Lemonade varieites of lemons but how about the Sfusato or more precisely the Sfusato Amalfitano? This is the golden trumpet the Italian poet Eugenio Montale refers to in his...
Marrakech Entanglements
Please note that I wrote this story just before a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck the High Atlas Mountains 75km southwest of Marrakech on September 8th. I was very lucky to have visited Anraz, one of the Berber villages nestled in the foothills...
Mini Chef Cooking Classes
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