Yotam Ottolenghi, one of my favourite chefs and food authors, recently released a new cookbook called Simple. As a long term fan, I couldn’t wait to see it. Imagine my surprise when I received…

I don’t often share savoury recipes on my blog, but when I do it’s usually an Italian dish, most likely pasta. Yes, I have a soft spot for pasta, even though I don’t eat…

Cakes have the reputation of being unhealthy, but they don’t have to be. This Fig and Buckwheat Tarte Tatin from Farmacy Kitchen cookbook has no refined sugar or dairy. It is also gluten free,…

It is a family tradition that I make a cake for my husband’s birthday every year in August. For his thirty seventh birthday, my husband had one request: to have Nigella Lawson’s Chocolate Guinness…

Earlier this year, I spent two months in Asia starting from Bali, then going to Jyogyakarta in Java, Gili Air in Lombok and finally in Malaysia. My husband Sandy joined me for the last…

As a south Londoner myself, I always welcome with enthusiasm the news of my favourite restaurants opening south of the Thames. That was the case with Cinnamon Kitchen by Vivek Singh, one of the…