Despite the fact that I have a bookshelf full of gorgeous cookbooks, my fave recipes consistently seem to pop up when I least expect them and this one is no exception. It’s not like I generally [...]

Ingredients (Serves 4)   Crumbs (Pangrattato) 2 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 3/4 cup coarse plain breadcrumbs Salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon fresh rosemary, minced Few fine [...]

This one is probably my best kept secret. I can have this meal from zero to on the table in ten minutes flat and it is delicious and nutritious! It’s a fave weeknight meal because it takes almost [...]

OK, this one isn’t so much a recipe as it is an excuse to use up whatever beans and spices we may have on hand…  sometimes I sneak in a bit of grated zucchini, or beetroot, or pumpkin.  But it’s [...]

My recipe originally comes from a gorgeous book called Polpo:  A Venetian Cookbook (of sorts) – isn’t that an amazing title?  I’ve tried so many different recipes over the years and this one is [...]

This is (kind of) literally a secret family recipe.  To be honest, there’s nothing particularly special or secretive about it, apart from the fact that it’s cooked directly from a handwritten [...]