Four and half years cancer-free!
Every six months I go and see the Marsden people. This year I was slightly more anxious than normal – ie not very, but a bit – as my sarcoma […]
Jerk chicken to die for
This is as an authentic a jerk as I have had…very spicy and simply YUM. It really is quick too, the fiddliest bit being crushing the allspice and pepper corns. […]
New potato salad with peas, spring onions and dill
It’s the BBQ season so I was looking for some different types of salad. This is adapted from Sabrina Ghayour’s Sirocco: Fabulous Flavours from the East and very quick and easy. We […]
Asparagus with chorizo*, avocado and soft-boiled/poached egg
I adore asparagus and cook it every which-way…I recommend this for a light supper or lunch with or without chorizo if you are vegetarian/vegan. I made it last night for […]
Update on the ‘best pins in Africa’
‘How are the best pins in Africa?’ This is how my chum Patrick Mavros greets me. I keep telling him they ain’t wot they used to be, one calf-less leg […]
Green bean, coconut & cashew salad
I am so excited that my first beans are sprouting in their cold frame; in anticipation of the bumper crop I will be harvesting later I tried out this delicious […]
Grilled asparagus & kale salad
There’s nothing like a week of momos (Tibetan dumplings), rice and dal to whet the appetite for good old English asparagus and kale. There’s a little bit of massaging and […]
