Maybe, according to Gordon….
Gordon Ramsay has left a comment via his Twitter feed that ‘Jason’ wants to have his own name above the door. I can only presume he means Jason Atherton, the chef behind Ramsay’s Maze restaurants.
In fairness to Gordon he has made a humble and heartfelt comment about it and obviously respects the […]
Picking wild leeks…
Word on the chefs grapevine is that the first wild leeks of the season are upon us. Good news indeed, I love them and along with wild garlic they are possibly my favourite wild food. What I love is their vivid colour and smell, they pack a punch in more ways than one […]
Your chance to win a great prize….
Laura Kelley at Silk Road Gourmet has come up with the brilliant idea of holding a competition to find the best cook’s apron on the planet. I have been given the ultimate honour of being asked to judge the competition so all of you get photographing your favourite kitchen […]
How to attract Goldfinches to your garden….
When it comes to adding a splash of colour to your garden can anything beat the goldfinch? I love to see these birds visit my garden, they make such a change from the sparrow and blackbird that I have to make sure they know that my garden is the […]
Photographs from the Colorado Rockies….
Here’s a post thanks entirely to this blog’s mate, Melissa from Gluten Free For Good, the best website in the world for gluten free cooking and nutritional advice. Melissa lives in Colorado, take the first mountain on the left, hike for five days and follow the stream until you see a […]
Sparrowhawks in Lincolnshire….
I love to watch birds of prey, they are at once beautiful, aggressive and deadly and most other species of British birds come second on my list if I am honest. Maybe it’s the size of them or that they are truly wild, I’m not sure. Here in England we are somewhat short […]
Switch your lights off…
March 27th is Earth Hour, I wrote about this a couple of years back and wanted to bring it to your attention again because I believe it is an important issue. Whatever your feelings are behind the scientific ‘facts’ about global warming there can be no doubt that any excercise in reducing […]
A bowl of goodness…
Have you ever seen a greener soup? I haven’t! Here’s a pan of potato and spinach soup I made as a special for some Irish clients visiting one of our restaurants in Spain recently.
As much as I love spinach now I can’t hand on heart say that was always the case. I […]
Back home and all is well…
Well I’m back home in old blighty and it feels good. I’ve missed my home county and getting out in the fresh air. Back in England and the weather has been warmer than the south of Spain where I have been working for the last two weeks, work that one […]
Snapshots of the past week…
I was back in the south of Spain last week, the second time since late January so it’s been a busy time for me recently hence the lack of photographic content. When I am away I tend to work all day so my chances of geting ‘out and about’ are few […]