A Middle Eastern Salad

  A few days ago I found myself engrossed in Nigel Slater’s book, Fast Food. I wasn’t simply skimming the pages, I was lingering over every description. when he writes about the simple joy of a platter full of Medjool dates, plump figs, and polished hazelnuts he isn’t telling me how to make a dessert, he’s telling me a story. IContinue reading “A Middle Eastern Salad”

A season of colour

Summer brings colour; plump ruby tomatoes, earthy purple beets and jewel-like green peas. And that’s only the salad bowl…. The above rainbow of colour is smoked mackerel salad with beetroot, potatoes, peas, tomatoes, olives and egg with a vinaigrette dressing. A simple chickpea salad also managed to transmogrify itself into a vibrant explosion of purple andContinue reading “A season of colour”