Welcome to my recipes
There are getting on for 1000 in this collection. They’re all simple, seasonal and very achievable, whether you’re cooking something quick and light or settling in for something slow and comforting. The recipes here reflect the way I cook at home and the way I like to eat; they are very much shaped by the seasons and by the ingredients themselves.
To help you find your way around my recipes, use the search bar below, it allows you to explore the recipes in whatever way suits you. You can choose a season, select a course, or search by recipe type. With so many here, it's a good way to make browsing easier and more intuitive. Many of the following recipes are accompanied by video, so you can cook along or just get a sense of the dish before you begin.
Pit-baked lobsters in seaweed with aïoli
This is a lovely way to cook whole lobsters. They steam gently and evenly in the seaweed and stay lovely and moist
Onion and kale pizza with mozzarella and anchovies
I’ve been making this autumnal-tasting pizza for years because it’s just so good
A particularly good burger (and wonderful brioche buns)
Courgette and new potato soup with lots of herbs
Barbecued rack of lamb with broad beans, peas and lovage
‘Planked’ fish
This traditional Scandinavian way of cooking involves fixing fillets of fish to a hardwood plank and settling it in the embers of a hot fire
Barbecued courgettes with dill, goat’s cheese, mint and yoghurt
Courgettes cook beautifully over fire. The high heat chars their surfaces and the smoke gives them a wonderful savoury depth
Baked peaches with vanilla, butter, thyme and brown sugar
This wonderful late-summer dessert is easy to assemble and incredibly delicious
Rosemary focaccia with chorizo and goat’s cheese
The combination of spicy chorizo, soft goat’s cheese and aromatic rosemary turns this classic Italian bread into a meal
Ham and blue cheese croquettes
Breakfast kefir smoothie
