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Char-grilled baby octopus salad
It’s probably wrong to eat baby octopus isn’t it? I haven’t looked it up because I may not like what I find. I mean, they’re all small or whatever and we all know that’s supposed to be wrong. Tasty...
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Sardines with gremolata: summer grilling
Summer food is all about simplicity. Forgotten are the dark, damp days of investing energy in root vegetables; peeling, chopping and roasting. The plop and bubble of a simmering stew is now a faded...
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Grilled aubergines with yoghurt-tahini sauce
Nearing the end of The Big Lunch* cook-off, we found ourselves flagging; we’d been cooking for 10 hours straight, only pausing to open the odd beer. There were plans for an aubergine galette and I’d...
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Home made hummus & pitta
You’ve probably heard that it is really easy to make good hummus at home and that, once you’ve tried it, you’ll ‘never go back’ to the shop-bought stuff. This is rubbish. I’ve rarely met anyone in...
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New baba ganoush recipe
The way to get good at cooking is to go at recipes over and over, not flit around from one place to another and never look back. I ate a stunning baba ganoush at Maramia Cafe recently as part of a...
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Chana dahl with spinach: feeling the pressure
Damn you, pressure cooker! What is wrong with you? Or is it me? People rave about their pressure cookers and how they can’t live without them, which is why I accepted the invitation to review one...
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Moroccan-style carrot salad
When I used to order a veg box, I had to cancel carrots because I just couldn’t face ploughing through them every single week. This does mean though, that I’ve prepared carrots in just about every way...
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Octopus on Toast
A dreadful thing has happened: I am too busy to cook. If I’m at home of an evening then I’m so dog tired that I just need something fast, tasty and relatively healthy before I fall asleep in front...
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Figs, Feta and Hazelnuts with Pomegranate Molasses
I saw this recipe by Stevie Parle in The Telegraph back in July and fell in love with the idea of combining figs, hazelnuts and pomegranate molasses. It’s just beautiful, in case you haven’t tried it....
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My Favourite Fast & Healthy Prawn Curry
There’s only so much brisket, spaghetti, ribs and wings a woman can eat before she gets fat. I know it’s getting cold and all but I’m not so cool with the idea of an extra layer of blubber on top of...
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Mexican Wave
Ever since I spent a sunny afternoon in Elephant, jamming dribbly tacos into my tequila hole with no concern for public image, staining my clothes or indeed the basic physical function known as...
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Courgettes with Yoghurt and Chilli
I go through 1kg tubs of yoghurt at an alarming rate. I love its cool creamy blandness, which can take on many other flavours, be they salty, spicy or sweet. It’s no wonder it’s so important to many...
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Garlic Curry with Chapatis & Cucumber Pachadi
I now laugh in the face of normal quantities of garlic. Since chicken with 40 cloves I consider myself a hardcore garlic eater. I’m sure you can smell my breath from wherever you are. This recipe...
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Mexican Wave
Ever since I spent a sunny afternoon in Elephant, jamming dribbly tacos into my tequila hole with no concern for public image, staining my clothes or indeed the basic physical function known as...
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