http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress Food - Photography & More Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:22:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Easy rice pudding recipe.... Rice Pudding has become a bit of a favourite of mine in recent years, as a child I detested it, I blame it on my school days. I was, quite literally force-fed sago, pudding, semolina and rice pudding by irate sports teachers who used their stopwatches to ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/rice-pudding-with-prunes A simple, cheap and healthy meal.... I mentioned the other day about putting more simple, easy to folllow ideas on here rather than some of my more elaborate restaurant dishes and here's one that is very simple, cous cous with squid and chorizo. I was thinking about how families have ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/a-quick-and-easy-squid-dish The damage to trees caused by woodpeckers... This post comes on the back of a recent walk around Tetney Blow Wells with my brother. It was a cold, still morning and wildlife was distinctly hard to find. Walking through the wood we were stopped in our tracks by the unmistakable ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/tree-damage-caused-by-woodpeckers Recipe for set lemon cream.... Here's a recipe for one of my all time favourite desserts; tangy, light and very moorish. It's old fashioned, easy to make and just like my recent orange and date salad recipe is a perfect vehicle for other possibilities. I suppose the beauty of ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-make-lemon-posset The most simple fruit dessert.... There is a beautiful orange tree on the grounds of one of our Spanish resorts which gets choc full of fruit and I wanted to do something which was very simple in order to fully showcase the fruit. Desserts in Southern Spain should, in my opinion reflect ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/orange-and-date-salad Rose Gray of London's River Cafe restaurant..... A sad day in the chef world today with the news of the death of Rose Gray, co-founder of the legendary River Cafe restaurant in London. Along with her great friend Ruth Rogers she made Italian food fashionable and, more importantly accessible for the ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/death-of-rose-gray Finding the best place to see a kestrel.... Kestrel's are fabulous birds of prey, the day I grow tired of watching them hunt is the day I'll give it all up. The sight of a kestrel hovering over a field is truly one of nature's great moments and one I shall ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-spot-a-kestrel Time for the supermarket giants to take a stance.... A year ago I banged on about Tesco selling asparagus imported from Peru. Well I've been into my local Sainsbury's today and guess what? They're doing it too. Mexican and Peruvian asparagus for a store situated in the best county in England ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/buying-vegetables-from-sainsburys Whole fish baked in salt, Spanish style... Here's a snapshot of how the Spanish bake a whole fish in a salt crust. Cooking fish in this way isn't something you see too often outside of the Mediterranean and it's a shame because it produces a really beautiful flavour. Basically you take a ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/fish-baked-in-salt A Spanish cookbook classic.... A major part of my work now involves restaurants and resorts in Spain so with that in mind I have been 'swatting up' on my knowledge (or lack of) Spanish cuisine. For years now I have always tried to look beyond the standard dishes that we all ... http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/1080-recipes-a-book-review