Taste of Glasgow

For some reason, I had always had a bit of a “take it or leave it” attitude toward Piccalilli and held this until relatively recently.  When a friend imparted a jar of his homemade Piccalilli to me a while back, I surprisingly fell in love with this spicy, pungent,  sweet, tangy, and crunchy pickle and demolished the jar [...]

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Preserving the flavours of the British summer (yes, apparently it is the summer) is something which excites me greatly.  It has been a bit of an obsession of mine for a few years now and this year I have been getting back into preserving these flavours with vinegar. There is so much great British produce in season [...]

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“My salsa, salsa, salsa, salsa, my salsa Makes all the pretty girls [or boys!] want to dance And take off their…” Salsa is the special sauce of Mexican cuisine. Chunky or smooth, mild or “blow your head off” hot, they offer a wonderful medley of flavour derived from an array of chillies, spices and fresh [...]

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I feel that I can’t stop posting light  summer recipes but there is something about the summer which brings out the vegetarian in me; craving flavoursome, simple and light dishes. So here are another 3 to enjoy. This will feed 4-6 people as a snack or a starter Green Olive Tapenade I really enjoy using [...]

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Few things are quite as homely and satisfying as real butter. In my opinion, a little bit of full fat butter is much better than a splodge of that lurid yellow grease we call margarine.  It could be an urban legend, but I’m sure I heard that margarine was one molecule away from being plastic.  [...]

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