italian food

Spaghetti squash is my new best friend. I love it! Lovely strands of high fibre vegetable that feels like spaghetti on your…

Broccolini is not baby broccoli. It’s a hybrid. Smaller florets and longer more tender stalks which makes the whole vegetable edible. With…

Pasta puttanesca has all the heat and spice to make it worthy of an x rating. Legend has it that because this…

Slow roasted tomatoes have absolutely nothing to do with my exciting news. We had a boy! The newest addition to the Hooton…

A good bolognese needs the freshest meat possible. I’m sure that I sound like a broken record but if you have the chance…

Penne Arrabbiata translated literally into English is angry penne. I prefer the translation ‘penne mad as hell’. My first forkful of this spicy classic…

Amazing how, what makes a day great changes as you get older. Feeling rested after a night’s sleep – note how the adjective…

Moments of divine inspiration come rarely when the mind is busy. My brain is busting! Menus for a local food festival, Valentine’s…

I’ve found a new pizza crust that in my humble opinion is better than the Chez Panisse recipe that i’ve used for the last…

Trying to squeeze in all of the ordinary things that Meggie and I would do if she lived next door to me…