With the new cookbook almost finished, I discover I’d missed out a great vegetarian pasta sauce.
ALMOST THE LAST PAGE
CAN FONDUE MAKE A COMEBACK?
In my first cookbook, How to Eat Well and Stay Single, I wrote about this communal dish that was popular in the 70s. I think everyone had a special fondue pot, with […]
NEAPOLITAN SPECIALITIES
We all know that pizza was invented in Naples, Italy. Another of their amazing and popular dishes is eggplant parmesan, and although their claim to its creation is not quite so certain, […]
SIX TASTY SOUPS
Gentleman’s Portion: The Cookbook is now available online with more than 90 mostly vegetarian recipes.
BETTER THAN CARROTS
Wherever I go travelling, if my chosen coffee shop serves carrot cake, you can be sure I’ll return. With it’s delicious lemon tangy topping, this moist cake is irresistible.
PORTUGAL’S SECOND FAVOURITE DISH
Not surprisingly, rice features in a lot of Portugal’s cuisine. They’re also partial to monkfish. Together they make a delicious version of what the Spanish call paella and the Italians call risotto.
FORAGED FEAST
One of my favourite farmers’ markets has reopened and I’m off to forage for wild mushrooms, a safer option than trying to avoid poisonous toadstools, snakes, ivy and oak in Ontario’s woodlands.
SALUTE TO THE CARNEGIE DELI
There’s nothing more sinfully delicious than a New York style cheesecake from the Carnegie Deli, with its most popular topping being a strawberry sauce. And since both the original Carnegie Deli and […]
MORE MINTED MUNCHIES
Continuing my obsession with the aromatic invasive herb, here’s minty potato salad that works brilliantly with everything from chicken to asparagus and BBQ salmon with mint and basil, which add new flavours […]
NEWLY MINTED FAVOURITES
With mint taking over my townhouse garden, I’m looking for new ways to use the fragrant herb – minty cold pea soup that is a delicious start to a warm weather dinner […]
Gentlemans Portion 