Simplest is best.
Forty years ago, I tried to ride a Honda CD175 from Scotland to Greece, and back again; long story. I won’t bore you with the tale of how it started raining in Manchester, and stopped when I was coming back through Germany – but it was the worst rain storm in thirty years! (more…)
Delicious – from Mark Bittman’s column/Youtube (more…)
I’m sure it has a proper name, but I don’t know it. A recipe I first learned in Yemen, and it has been a family supper standby for years and years. (more…)
A stunningly rich and complex taste. Roasting the tomatoes concentrates the juices, and adds all those special extra flavours from the well-roasted, charred bits. (more…)
/rantmode on/
A special curse on those damned supermarkets who install special lighting over the tomato section. You know what I mean – their tomatoes glow, glisten, and are bursting with ripeness and flavour!
Except it’s a lie. (more…)
As many versions as there are Lebanese and Palestinian housewives. This is one I’ve scribbled in the front of one of my cookbooks – but I’m deeply ashamed to say, while I remember the recipe, I don’t remember which Nadia gave it to me. (more…)
More nostalgia – memories of a restaurant on a beach in Senegal. Extraordinarily simple – and superb if you have really ripe and well-flavoured tomatoes.
Brilliant with fish! (more…)
Fresh, vibrant, and simple. Superb with Macaroni Cheese! (more…)
A Yemeni variation on the Baba Ghanouj/Mutabbal of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. Still with that wonderful smoky flavour – but made without the Tahini paste. (more…)
Gavin cooks 