I’ve tried treacle tart on this blog before, and was somewhat disappointed with the results. I should’ve gone with my gut and cooked Heston Blumenthal’s recipe as described in In Search of Perfection. This was set to be the dessert that followed Heston’s roast chicken. It sounds like madness to attempt two of his recipes for one dinner, however neither […]
Read moreLooking for Heston’s roast chicken from How To Cook Like Heston? Read it here For my most recent birthday, two close friends bought me volume 1 of Heston Blumenthal’s In Search of Perfection. They were coming round for dinner so I thought it totally appropriate to serve up dinner from these pages. Heston is a genuine influence on me, a real […]
Read moreThis was another sample sent to me by the fine folks at Vineyard Fine Foods, who provided the very berry jam I was so fond of. Again it’s Essex people ploughing their own furrow. I’d scored some hearty lincolnshire sausages from my butcher and thought a splodge of chutney would just the ticket. How right I was – slightly spiced […]
Read moreI was sent a parcel of loveliness from the wonderful chaps over at Vineyard Fine Foods. They’re specialists in jams, pickles and chutneys operating out of Clacton, so how can I not support a local business? That said, this blog is written with full impartiality – if the product wasn’t any good, I would say so. I decide to slap some […]
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