Puntarelle alla Romana
This winter is all about bitters, citrus and rhubarb for me. It's also special because I encountered my my first ever puntarelle.
Potato Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce
I joined a cookbook club in London yesterday. A lovely little informal group where everyone brings a book they’ve read and a little something to eat. I made my vanilla brown butter madeleines and took along my new book Bistronomy. You’d well have guessed by now the theme for this month’s meeting – Paris! Everybody […]
Market Lunch: Jerusalem Artichoke Salad
Jerusalem artichokes are one of my favourite root vegetables. These knobby roots are sweet, earthy and taste like honey when roasted. I first spotted them when I moved to France. I asked a friend about how I could use them, bought a little bagful and then never used it. Partly because it was unknown territory […]
Pistachio and Pecorino Pesto
I’d forgotten just how much I love this roughly chopped up “pesto” made with fresh parsley, pungent garlic, toasted pistachios and a good, salty pecorino. All of this is brought together by a grassy extra virgin oil. It’s perfect to keep bottled up in a jar for tossing with some pasta for a weeknight dinner […]
Moules en Papillote
Many months ago, I was a stagiaire at a fantastic little restaurant in Paris. The food was classical, and the kitchen packed with copper ware. I helped on the line with the appetizers and desserts for lunch. Before service , I did the mise-en-place which entailed cleaning squids, battling live scallops and chopping things into perfectly […]
Breakfast Scones
I like Thursday mornings because that’s the day I get to have breakfast with Arjun after a week of rushing out of the house at 7AM. I take the time to make a lovely little breakfast for us as we sit at the table and slather whatever we’re eating with butter and watch the boats […]
Corn Pancakes
Last week, I was overjoyed at the sight of fresh corn on the cob at the markets in Paris. I promptly stocked up on both white and yellow corn and ate them in the way anyone from Bombay would – roasted over open flames, an improvisation over burning hot charcoals, and rubbed copiously with half […]
Apricot and Rosemary Tartines
When I told you about the incredible flavour pairing that apricot and rosemary make last week, I couldn’t stop thinking about it. In the words of my classmate, “That was a party in the mouth!” I came back home and looked up my favourite reference book, The Flavour Thesaurus, and this is what it said […]