Some days you want to make dinner all day. Leisurely hours at the stove, stirring. Kneading dough then waiting for it patiently to ferment and inflate.
Spring Onion and Cheddar Scone Recipe
Seasonal Scones One of my favourite things about this time of year is the bounty of local spring onions to give dishes a milder, delicate onion flavour than its robust, powerful wintery counterpart. As our crops of spring onion mature for harvest at Left Field in Neilston, I start dreaming of ways to make the…
Veg Box Newsletter 13th July: Salad Days
A great many meals are improved immeasurably by a salad on the side, to add some textural contrast, a little sharpness, a little bitterness
Carrot Recipe
Portuguese Marinated Carrots The food of Portugal is much underrated. Not only so they make the best custard tarts in the world but Portuguese cooks are masters of simple foods packed with fresh, local ingredients. My family has spent a lot of time in Portugal and we will rave about the food to anyone who…
Veg Box Newsletter 6th July: Tender Stems
We get sprouting, or tenderstem, broccoli a little later in Scotland than they do down south. But though some early Spring recipes might not seem particularly suited to July, with a rainy July like this it’s not so bad. After a good damp walk in your local park, you might just need a bowl of orichette with cream and broccoli,
Veg Box Newsletter 29th June: Spill the Beans
Well, we have had a few sunny days but for the most part it is still raining. Heavy, comforting rain that taps on the roof and runs down the windows; that makes the leaves on the tree outside my kitchen window glean greenly against the grey