Miles Collins

How to make a green salad

There may be trouble ahead…..

When it comes to requests for menus from a Head Chef then January and February is the worst time of the year bar none. New year, new start etc, there is Mothers Day, Easter Sunday, Valentine’s Day, Fathers Day, Christmas Party menus, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Eve, […]

How to cook lobster thermidor

How to cook fish fillets

Growing the hottest chillies in the world

21 again!!

A quick happy birthday message to one of my regular contributors, Annie Flinn in California.
Have a great day Annie, from all of us @ milescollins.com.

What’s in your pancake?

Today in England we celebrate Shrove Tuesday, a day better known for the consumption of pancakes rather than the reason behind it.
Many Americans will be celebrating Mardi Gras today and I wonder if the historical significance of the festivities has become as lost on many Americans as Shrove Tuesday has on the English.
Traditionally, households […]

Dinner service in a professional kitchen

This blogs latest winners and losers…

Foie Gras:
1. Being on holiday when everyone else isn’t.
2. Walks in Chambers Wood with my camera.
3. Lunch with my Godson and his mother; Dover Sole with Razor Clams and Beurre Noisette-Clam Reduction cooked by his father- a revelation in taste and concept.
4. Sponsoring a child who has nothing she wants when I […]

How/When to sow chilli seeds