This is a combination of the recipe for Zetter Townhouse rum and raisin syrup for a hot toddy and Rick Stein’s Pedro Ximenez and raisin ice cream. I made the syrup during the London snow a few weeks ago, after trying it at the Zetter, smug in the knowledge that I was prepared for alcoholic […]
This is another recipe from Rick Stein’s fantastic Spain book. It is a book I keep coming back to (and reading on the train home from work) over and over again. It is visually beautiful with fantastic recipes and local stories. It also makes me feel spectacularly inadequate due to my inability to clean and […]
I seem to be going through a scallop moment right now. They are very quick to cook, taste very rich but are actually very healthy (low fat, high protein) and they are pretty much the first fish I have figured out that I really like, as opposed to tolerate when deep fried into oblivion. I’m […]
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