New year’s resolutions for the kitchen!

Have you got any New Year’s Resolutions? It’s not too late to start some, here’s ours if you need some inspiration… Cook 3 new recipes every week – did you get any new cook books for Christmas? I’ll be getting busy with Jamie Oliver’s Super Food Family Classics and Lily Simpson’s Detox Bible. On the… Continue reading New year’s resolutions for the kitchen!

Cool in Copenhagen

[soliloquy id=”4096″] Last week I spent time out at the Weber Grill Academy in Copenhagen. This venue is beyond amazing, with a BBQ glitter ball hanging from the ceiling as you walk in and countless BBQs set up for indoor cooking. As with much of Scandinavia, they achieve effortless coolness – how do they pull off cool… Continue reading Cool in Copenhagen

Sweet potato, red lentil and coconut soup

I’ve been serving this soup as one of the lunch options for a number of our recent courses and its been receiving some fabulous praise so I thought I’d share it with them. One of the ingredients you might not have come across is coconut powder yet. I found it recently in the World Food… Continue reading Sweet potato, red lentil and coconut soup

Sophia Waugh’s new book, Cooking People

My first blog! Here goes with a review I recently wrote for Chawton House Library. Cooking People: The Writers Who Taught The English How To Eat – Review Following the recent success of our cookery demo and talk for Sophia Waugh’s new book, Cooking People, cookery school owner, Barbara Crick, gives her verdict on a foodie’s guide to home cooking… Continue reading Sophia Waugh’s new book, Cooking People