The Urban Foodie

My first stop, and first meal in Central America was a traditional Guatemalan breakfast of huevos (scrambled eggs), frijoles (black beans) a...

The start of this year had a distinct air of change about it. I figured it was time to spread my wings and see a bit more of the world, and ...

Winning Masterchef and being on the telly has had so many positive implications over the past couple of years (a few negatives too I hasten ...

Well it's about bloody time I know! I have spent the past year or so on an extended blogging sabbatical, as life and career have been bo...

This cute little starter recipe is one I conceived for a recent dinner party I catered for. All the dishes nodded towards the flavours and a...

Hello again! Yes, I know it's been an inordinate amount of time since my last post (almost 7 months!), but I have been busying myself wi...

Now that my cooking hours have sharply increased this year (more about that when I can talk about it..), I tend to find myself cooking proje...

It was my best friend’s birthday recently and as a treat I had decided to cook her one of her favourite foods, Langoustine. I absolutely ado...

After what has been such a splendid Christmas and New Year I am most certainly feeling the effects of my excesses. Not that I have gone craz...

One of the excursions out of Penzance I made during my stay was to Jamie Oliver's Fifteen at Watergate Bay, Newquay. As I was flying bac...

Christmas Lunch as enjoyed by John, Dean, Nikki, Bela, Katie, Nic, Becky, Steady & Steven. Three Bird Roast with two Stuffings and trimm...

This was the last stage of a marathon morning of cooking - getting all the trimmings cooked and ready to serve with the bird. I had opted fo...

With Christmas breakfast out of the way, the bird in the oven and everything else peeled, prepped and ready, it was decided that we all take...

So with the salmon beautifully cured, I got on with creating a 'Tzar's' breakfast, don't ask me why - but it was an idea tha...

There's something obligatory about having Smoked Salmon for breakfast on Christmas morning with scrambled eggs and a glass of Bucks Fizz...

Having dealt with the awesome Lemon Tart, it was now time to deal with the pool of egg whites that were left over. As John and I had practic...