My Home Food That’s Amore- Harley Davidsons, Religion and Food Shopping on a Saturday Morning
- Faking Fish – Il Pesce Finto
- Hounded by the Whore – Pasta alla Puttanesca
- The Trick of Chicken and the Brick
- A Cautionary Tale of Seafood Gnocchi with Clams and Mussels
- The Makeover with Uriah Heep Ingredients: Egg Pasta with Courgettes and Tomatoes
- A dinner with Friends from the Salento (Puglia)
- False Economy and Wild Asparagus
- Little Easter – Pasquetta
- Mid-week Supper: Veal Piccata, Pan-Fried Kale and Potatoes, and Cauliflower Cheese
Tag Archives: risotto
My home-made Saffron Risotto – Risotto alla Milanese
For all that Risotto alla Milanese is a classic, I don’t often make it. Indeed, time was when I’d buy a packet of Knorr’s ready-made risotto (in which the rice wasn’t even proper carnaroli or arborio rice, now that I … Continue reading
Squash and Grapes for an Autumnal Risotto
I do love the colours of Autumn when the leaves on the trees blaze crazily on the road to hibernation (or whatever trees do when the weather is cold and the days short). It is my considered opinion that this … Continue reading
Nettle Risotto
When I announced that we were going to have risotto for lunch the other day, both my kids gave me funny looks and when I further commented on it containing nettles, their body language and facial expressions knew no bounds. … Continue reading
The Elegance of a Plain Risotto
What do the words ‘summer holiday’ evoke in the average, relatively grown-up person? For me, they kindle up existential magic. Throughout all my summer holidays at boarding school in England, life donned a special cloak of ‘alive-liness’. Even boring periods … Continue reading
