Apple croustade

Apple croustade

This recipe featured in the September edition of Hampshire Life magazine with wine matches from Berry Bros & Rudd. Food is my favourite way to experience other countries and cultures, so when travel is restricted, I send my taste buds on holiday through the dishes …

Chargrilled chicken caesar salad

Chargrilled chicken caesar salad

This recipe featured in the July edition of Hampshire Life magazine with wine matches from Berry Bros & Rudd. This dish was born of my new love of cooked lettuce and a long-term addiction for umami-rich Caesar dressing.

Asparagus and bacon tart

Asparagus and bacon tart

This recipe featured in the June edition of Hampshire Life magazine with wine matches from Berry Bros & Rudd. There’s something a bit celebratory about a pie or a tart. People get the impression that you’ve gone to a lot of trouble, but it’s so …

Mushroom buckwheat galettes

Mushroom buckwheat galettes

Make pancake day a little more Mardi Gras this year by making these French-style buckwheat galettes for your main course.

Red-braised pork belly for Chinese New Year

Red-braised pork belly for Chinese New Year

This recipe featured in the April 2018 edition of Hampshire Life magazine with wine matches from Berry Bros & Rudd. This is one of my favourite ways of cooking pork belly. The succulent meat really lends itself to gentle Chinese spicing and works well with …

Rabbit and chorizo paella – Hampshire Life April edition

Rabbit and chorizo paella – Hampshire Life April edition

The April edition of Hampshire Life magazine is in the shops now and my recipe this month is Rabbit & Chorizo Paella – just the job for Easter Sunday lunch with a difference.

Mothers’ Day recipe for Sunday

Mothers’ Day recipe for Sunday

Unfortunately my Mum will be several hundred miles away this weekend as my folks live in France; but if she was here this Sunday, I would be cooking Hampshire Eggs Royale with local smoked trout and watercress.

Alton Show Cookery Theatre 2013

Alton Show Cookery Theatre 2013

I had a great time in the cookery theatre on Sunday, catching up with some of Hampshire’s loveliest producers and compering for some really interesting and varied demonstrators. I took over the stove for the 2pm slot, cooking with some of the fantastic products sold …

Foraging for samphire

Foraging for samphire

Years ago we did a great walk from Brockenhurst to Lymington along footpaths and country roads. In fact, it was so good, I remember us doing it 2 weekends in a row, then the weather turned bad and normal life took over and we forgot …

Photos from New Forest Show demo

Photos from New Forest Show demo

Here are a few pics from today’s New Forest Show demo…. full write up soon!