Taste of Glasgow

When my 14 year old nephew asked me for more sprouts a couple of Christmas dinners ago, I knew I had cracked it! Turning this much loathed blight into something rather tasty and delicious is again pretty simple, all you need is the right balance of flavour.  Oh and don’t boil the life out of [...]

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The thing that makes a perfect Christmas Dinner for me is my Mum’s roast potatoes. Although its not that difficult to get these right, so many people can’t seem to pull it off. To amaze your dinner guests with the best roast tatties of their lives, you only need to remember 3 things: Type of [...]

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When I was growing up, one of the foods I could pretty much guarantee to be on the dinner table every night was mashed potatoes and due to the repetitiveness of them I really started to not enjoy them. I have since rekindled my love for mashed potatoes mainly due to generous additions of cream [...]

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I cooked a recipe about a year ago that used Marsala wine and since then the bottle has not been touched so when I discovered this recipe I was over the moon and ever more so when I found out how tasty it was! This recipe is a classic Italian dish and as per most [...]

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Tortilla in Mexican Spanish: [torˈtiʝa] Say it with me: “tor-tee-ya”… roll the sound of the “l’s”, don’t say “tor-till-la” It makes me giggle to hear the variety of mispronunciations of “tortilla”, “jalapeño”, and “guacamole” on both sides of the Atlantic. Whether it is in the American Midwest, or the UK, where the Mexican population is [...]

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With the cool crisp autumn air swept over Glasgow, I craved something warm, hearty and comforting. When it was time to make some home-style (American) comfort food, I knew my gourmet macaroni and cheese, and buttermilk biscuits would hit the spot. These buttermilk biscuits are not to be confused with the British “biscuit,” which is [...]

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