Miles Collins

How to pickle chillies

A Spanish tapas classic…

Here’s a great tapas I enjoyed at my friend’s house in Spain earlier in the year, it was a perfect midday snack and I was struck by its simplicity.
Whole baby artichokes were stuffed with sweet pimentoes and kept in place with a stick of wild fennel. These were then pickled and left […]

Recognition from the Royalty….

This is an unexpected post, I was going to treat you to a ditty on artichokes but you’ll just have to wait another day. ‘Oh, the agony’ I hear you cry!
Well I have been given a blog award which has been bestowed upon me by the lady I consider to be the […]

A Fine Seasonal Flat Fish….

Plaice has long been a favourite of mine, I like the fact that it’s not as trendy to eat as other flat fish, it always plays second fiddle to Dover and Lemon Soles, Turbot and Halibut and whilst not in their league remains a perfectly good fish to eat.
I used to […]

Or is it?

Here’s a strange one, I bought a new spice blend from one of my specialist suppliers the other day because the sound of it intrigued me. I am a bit of a sucker for herbs and spices and am always on the look out for something new so this one stood out.
The cuisine […]

When famous chefs open new restaurants in pastures new…

London is one of the world’s great capitals and over the past ten years it has also established itself as one of the world’s great food capitals. The standard of food served in the capital has improved considerably and whilst not able to boast the Michelin guide […]

According to er, me…..

The title may be somewhat of an exaggeration on my part whilst the computer boffs out there might accuse me of a shameless excercise in ’search engine optimisation’ either way I am guilty as accused, my Lord!
Here’s a post on the back of one I wrote last year about the Summer […]

Fish and Cheese Combo….

Monkfish is one of my favourite foods for pairing with ingredients you might not readily associate it with. I’ve matched it to oxtails, ham hocks, peas, carrots, clams, beef shin, cepe mushrooms, pork belly, chorizo sausage, the list goes on.
Now I’ve decided to go a bit more alfresco, it’s hot in England […]

Preserving a summer glut….

Onions have been good to me this year, despite difficulties, correction, nightmares with brassicas the onions and shallots have come up trumps. I’ve always done well with these, fewer have bolted this year which is a bonus, I was quicker to nip out the flowering shoots which made a difference and a […]