All Recipes and Skills

EP #1 – Your Cooking Starts Here (And a Lemon Tart)

Here’s the printable version of the lemon tart recipe from the vlog.

Kale and Lamb Bacon

The One Risotto you should Master – Milanese

Hi again and welcome to another stumble in to the world of culinary adventure and today it’s a dish very dear to my soul. No, there’s no romantic back story

Broccoli Cooked Gyoza Style with Yoghurt and Tahini

https://youtu.be/hfavoQP46oo Heading Title This is a surefire way to get your kids to eat broccoli…and adults too. I cook it gyoza style; that is pan frying and then steaming. It

Lentils, Hock and Roots – A Comforting Homemade Soup

The last time I tasted this soup I was but just a kid. I was transported immediately back to childhood on tasting it again a few days ago. I didn’t

How to Make a Classic Hollandaise – Video

Some extra notes: Hollandaise sauce is one of the classic French mother sauces. It is essentially an egg-emulsified butter sauce and as such a good hollandaise should have the butter

Chicken Liver Pate with Calvados

https://youtu.be/s00I7pF6BuE Chicken livers cooked in Calvados, the apple infused brandy, adds a wonderful twist to this classic and amazing French pate.

A Venezuelan Classic – Carne Mechada with Arepas

https://youtu.be/PoPmhU-GkAIAt my local coffee house there was this great barista, whose coffees were spot on and her jovial manner made it a pleasure to drop on by. One day she

Gorgeous Broad Bean Dip and Roti that Anyone Can Make

https://youtu.be/UQJKwgUB0g8?si=57HAex5AUTZ8ucUA This is a most wonderful broad bean dip that I made from some fabulous broad beans purveyed from a local grower. I started by thinking about what flavours I

How to Make Sizzling Spit Roast Pork Neck

https://youtu.be/jxekP0ZwMWM?si=2q-mY__2HlWZiSD3Pork neck is undoubtedly one of the most underrated yet amazing cuts of meat – enough fat to make it interesting but not so much to feel overbearing. Cooked right

Finding That Cooking Spark – This Italian Sauce Did It

https://youtu.be/ifPJg20_xBs?si=WL0_6E3Ie53jQ59B Motivation to Cook – Where has it Gone? I’ve been cooking seriously for 20 years yet I have a fear – a fear of going in to the kitchen

Squid and Lemon Black Risotto Croatian Style

Introduction I thought I’d change it up a bit and do some country specific food writing and cooking. Hugging the Adriatic Sea with its multitude of small islands is Croatia