I made this Coconut Prawn Curry last weekend using whatever I had in the cupboard. I had a pack of prawns in the fridge, a tin of coconut milk, and an onion, so I just googled prawn coconut curry and got loads of suggestions. The best one was for a Quick Coconut Curry from Nadia’s…
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“Hairy Dieters Fast Food” – Fish Curry
I love the cookbooks by the Hairy Bikers and I really have found that their Hairy Dieter series are a must have on the kitchen cookbook bookcase. I have all four of the books and I can honestly say that every single thing that I have tried cooking from those books tastes amazing and…
Lamb tagine with cinnamon- scented onions and tomatoes – Fine Cooking magazine
I have had this Tagine that my good friend Jean bought for me for ages and I kept on collecting tagine recipes, magazines, books, and print outs from t’internet to inspire me. How hard can it be? I think you just throw stuff in the pot, put the lid on, and then chuck it in the…
Cooking Carbonara – ‘Home Cooking with Ferran Adria’
This week I have been exploring the pages of my latest find, the excellent cook book “The Family Meal” by Ferran Adria of El Bulli Fame. The basic premise of the book is all about the meals that they cooked at El Bulli in between service for the staff to eat. This is known as…
Persiana – Recipes from the Middle East and Beyond – does Broad Beans
“Persiana” by Sabrina Ghayour is a most beautiful cookbook full of amazing recipes and fantastically mouth watering photographs of food. It’s subtitle is “Recipes from the Middle East and Beyond”. The Author ‘Sabrina’; ‘Private Chef, Supper Club Host, Cookery Teacher & Writer’ tells us that “Food is a staple of life and every day should be…
Easy One Pot – Slow-Cooked, Five-Spiced pork with snap peas inspiration from Fine Cooking Magazine
Every so often I pick up a gem of a recipe from my ever expanding collection of food magazines and cookbooks. This one is for a Slow-Cooker Five-Spice Pork with Snap Peas (by Julissa Roberts from Fine Cooking). I had picked up a copy of Fine Cooking Magazine (the Winter Classics edition) while waiting in the departure lounge…