16 March 2015
How to cook quail eggs
“How many?” Adil the farmer asks me. Actually he might just have gestured; his English and my Arabic are on a par. At 1 aed each (about 20 pence) I can afford (...)
3 February 2010
Baking Day
Is there anything nicer than having enough time to do some serious baking? It’s worth it for the smell that permeates the house as well as the edible rewards. (...)
24 December 2014
Argentinian Festive Cocktails
Are you thinking of whipping up a Christmas cocktail this year? The festive season is the perfect time to get a bit frivolous with a delicious mixture of (...)
6 October 2020
Banana, date and walnut muffins
Things are a little bit bonkers now.* I’m sitting upstairs at my desk listening to birds cheeping; is it my imagination or are there more of them about singing (...)
5 December 2011
Happy national day dubai uae
The streets of Dubai have grown increasingly red, green, white and black over the last month. Every morning when I go out on my dog walk I see more flags, (...)
15 January 2015
Swedish fish stew or fiskgryta
Dropping elder teen at the airport on Friday morning so she could fly back to Uni left me with a heavy heart. Heading straight to the farmers’ market helped (...)
22 September 2014
Where to eat british food in dubai
Immigrants always bring their food with them and as Dubai has more expatriates than locals, there are restaurants from every corner of the globe. British (...)
17 December 2020
Simple beef wellington with dijon mustard
Beef Wellington was first thing I cooked when I had people round for a ‘proper’ dinner party i.e. sitting round a dining table rather than crammed into the (...)
26 May 2018
Healthy date sweetened nut and seed granola
My relationship with breakfast cereal is a rocky one. In the early 1900s, Mr Kellogg et al ‘invented’ a new healthy food (with a healthier profit margin) and, (...)
12 November 2010
Butternut and feta tartlets with autumn flavours
Other people have been helping me relive the transition from Summer to Autumn in the traditional English way. Claire from Things We Make and Gill from My Tiny (...)
15 November 2021
Honey and Ginger Biscuits
I was doing some food photography for a social media client, and needed some edible stars. Appearance was the priority, they had to be edible (no food waste) (...)
9 August 2015
Victoria Sandwich Cake
“It’s a sandwich cake. A sponge cake is made in a totally different way.” That’s the sound of my Mother in law getting cross at the telly when yet another (...)
16 January 2011
Alaska and how to cheat at sour dough bread
There couldn’t be much more of a contrast between Alaska and Dubai. Think vast open spaces to high-rise, cold in the extreme versus baking sun up to 50C, (...)
28 October 2011
Lemon curd buns with creamy lemon icing
When I took on the Chelsea bun challenge I knew I’d be the only one to eat something with dried fruit in it so did a chocolate and cinnamon version with cream (...)
30 June 2018
Surviving the montreux jazz festival on a budget
The endless swathe of water gleamed gold as the sun dipped into the horizon, slender rays reflected bright spots on the brassy instruments of the jazz band, (...)
