Eating in, inspired by eating out
inspired by The Pony & Trap Last but by no means least we have my cheese course for my fantasy seven course, seven restaurant menu. I love cheese. It’s a bit of an addiction really. There’s always far too much of it in the fridge.…
inspired by The Kitchin I’ve had a few days off from cooking. A mix of helping reopen Aidan’s pub, picking up some work (work…remember that??) and restaurants reopening all means that other than popping a supermarket pizza in the oven one evening, this is the…
inspired by The Breakfast Club This dish might be named after ham, egg and chips. But the reason I knew I had to cook it when I saw a picture of this dish is because of another classic combo. Cheese and pineapple. I love cheese…
inspired by Lady of the Grapes After looking at all the restaurants I have written about so far and gathering statistics, it showed two very clear problems about the food industry in this country. First, there is not enough representation of Black and Minority Ethnic…
inspired by Roots As you might expect I’ve had a lot of conversations about food recently. And the sentence I hear uttered time and time again is… “I miss restaurants!!!” For one reason or another we are all starting to crave eating out, rather than…
inspired by Mac & Wild I’ve found it incredible how restaurants have been adapting in the current circumstances. Opening for takeaway, changing their food offerings, becoming farm shops. The latest trend is to offer meal kits that get delivered to you at home to finish…
inspired by Boulangerie Jade Since getting a ham and cheese croissant from Boulangerie Jade in Blackheath earlier this week I have been craving more melted cheese. I also only have one duck egg left. The duck eggs that I bought by accident in the supermarket.…
inspired by Palatino I have a confession to make. Over the past two weeks I have made Cacio e Pepe four times. Not because it’s delicious (even though it is) but because I simply could not get it right. Cacio e Pepe sounds so simple.…
inspired by Spring With everyone discussing the gradual ease of lockdown I feel there is another important change that needs mentioning. The reduction of the emergency cheese. In the early days of lockdown this was as close as I got to a stockpile. Panicking about…
inspired by Hawksmoor I guess this is a post about my breakfast. Inspired by a breakfast. Which in turn was inspired by a breakfast. In all honesty I’ve never been that fussed about a McDonanlds breakfast. For the simple reason that I don’t really want…