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.
Ember-baked corn
Buttery barbecued corn makes brilliant grub for gatherings. Not only are these sweet and delicious, they’re easy to cook and great fun to eat
Ember-baked squash with kale pesto
Squash is naturally sweet. That’s why it goes so well with this kale pesto (a revelation, I might add), which has a slightly bitter note
A sheep on fire
Spending a long, lazy day cooking a whole sheep, whether it’s lamb, hogget or mutton, over a big, smoky fire is an amazing experience
Smoked mackerel scotch eggs
Scotch eggs are the picnicker’s dream, but not everybody likes sausagemeat. Cue: the smoked mackerel Scotch egg! Cue: more applause!
Fennel and lemon focaccia
This is a brilliant bread to wrap up and take out on a picnic, particularly if baked that morning
Fish soup
The last time I ate a fish soup like this, I was sitting on Paimpol quay, in Brittany. I’d sailed there with my father, and we’d gone ashore for lunch
Salt cod, potato and garlic pie
This rustic pie is one of my favourite things to do with a good piece of salt cod. It has a charming Provençal feel, but this one couldn’t be more Devonian
Spiced lentil soup with crunchy buckwheat
Red lentils make a delicious, creamy soup and have so much flavour
Ham hock, potato and parsley terrine
This makes a fine centrepiece to any picnic, served with good bread, pickles and mustard
Squash, barley, blue cheese and walnut salad
Everything I make is tangled up in the shifting patterns of the year
Wild mushroom and thyme sausage rolls
This is my tried-and-tested recipe, to which I’ve added plenty of fresh thyme and some dried wild mushrooms
