Cold brew coffee is popping up everywhere, in coffee shops, in beautifully branded bottles and in hashtags on Instagram. It’s hot outside and for summers like this one, cold brew is a very good option when you can’t face having a hot drink (unless it’s followed by a cold... Read More
I am waiting to see whether I have permission to share the recipe, but in the meantime, I wanted to write about this beautiful dish anyway. I was recently asked to teach ‘Lamb-stuffed Quince with Pomegranate and Coriander’ from the book Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi as part of... Read More
I have been a fan of Bakewell tart for a long time, so it was fun to develop this recipe for an event focussing on traditional English puddings. Bakewell tarts are a classic teatime treat – all you need is buttery pastry, a delicious almond frangipane filling, and either some... Read More
Marmalade season, or Seville orange season, is about to come to an end, and after earmarking day after day and weekend after weekend to get my jam making going on, I finally managed to make a batch. Hurray… There are plenty of marmalade recipes online, but as much as a... Read More
By Rachel Davies My cookbook shelves are groaning under the weight of all the books – the ones that seduced me with stunning photography, the scent of foreign spices, the promise of amazing meals, or a memories of a wonderful evening in a restaurant. I treasure my collection, and always learn something, or... Read More
By Rachel Davies Halloween is here again, and with it come all sorts of lurid outfits, baby pumpkin onesies, and my daughter somehow managing to find the toffee apples from a mile away in the shops, and waving them at me with glee. The produce is also turning autumnal, with beautiful... Read More
By Rachel Davies Sometimes you need a sauce that makes you go ‘wow’, and here is your answer to upping the game. You can pair this sauce with almost any vegetable and it will make the whole thing moreish and absolutely delicious. This sauce is great drizzled over cooked spinach, cauliflower or... Read More
By Rachel Davies I admit that this is a bit of a random recipe, but bear with me. I found it while I was devouring David Chang’s book Momofuku, which developed into a ramen obsession lasting months. Anyone with American food on their radar will know of Chang, whose Asian-influenced restaurants have been... Read More
By Rachel Davies This year we’ve actually had a summer; a big, hot, sunny, actual summer, and it’s only July. How about that! And the watermelon has been delicious, so really the only thing to do when adding up the evidence, is to make watermelon sorbet. Now I have to be honest that picking... Read More
By Rachel Davies On the hottest day of the year so far (and it was a scorcher…) I needed to recipe test for a class, and this tarte tatin was what had to be done. So with the oven on, the hob blasting hot air, and a few spare hours, off I... Read More
