In cooking, fusion has gone from being all the rage, to a bad word. A real f-word, you might say. I don’t know why that is, really, and it seems an awful shame. My whole life is about fusion, from the very beginning when my English mother…
When, shortly after becoming engaged to a doctor, I announced I was quitting my office job, there were water-cooler jokes galore about my becoming a Lady Who Lunches. My days would be wiled away with mindless shopping, coffee dates and luncheons in fancy restaurants with…
Anyone who grew up in 1970s America has heard of Shake ‘n Bake. For the rest of you, this is a packet of breading and spices that you use to coat chicken before baking it. The idea is to approximate the fried chicken experience but…
Crazy Brazilian chocolate cake, made a bit healthier with wholemeal and spelt flour. Makes going crazy a bit less sinful.
Chunks of mango and whole pistachios are layered with an orange blossom water-scented Greek-style yogurt and topped with fresh pomegranate.
Chicken M’Sakhan is normally served on a bed of flat bread. Hubby likes it on rice, so that’s how I usually do it. But not anymore…
Sinfully indulgent yet healthy? It’s true. Oh, and they’re incredibly easy to make.
I spent the last part of the summer driving through France, Italy and Switzerland. This is my way of bringing the Mediterranean home.
