This one didn’t start with a recipe. It started at the fishmonger. Sitting in the display were two thick, beautifully fresh-looking salmon cutlets — glossy, generous and far too good to walk past. So we didn’t. Into the bag they…
Bringing Vietnam Home: Our Homemade Beef Pho Adventure
There are some dishes that are simply dinner, and then there are dishes that become an entire day’s project. Today’s beef pho definitely belongs in the second category. After our recent travels through Vietnam—and more than a few memorable bowls…
Days 4 & 5 – Madurai: Temples, Bazaars & A Taste of Home
Yesterday we left Puducherry behind and set off for Madurai – a drive filled with tropical landscapes, crazy city traffic and almost deserted highways. At one intersection while we waited for the lights to change a cow wandered up to…
Day 5 & 6: Fes
This morning we packed and said goodbye to Chefchaouen and made the journey to Fes. Our nice neat orderly suitcases with packing cubes and compression bags are becoming slightly less organised as we travel. The road to Fes is, for…
Tom Yum Goong
Cooking is something I do to relax. I resisted the Thermomix idea for ages as I saw it as a lazy way of cooking. My Friend and ex-student Rachel changed my mind on that with her creative demo of the…