These skewers of lamb are perfect for the barbecue and make a good alternative to the normal barbecue standards of burnt sausages and undercooked chicken. They’re easy to make, and cook in just a few minutes. It’s better if the lamb is cooked slightly pink. The flavourings here are most definitely Indian, a heady mix [...]
Around this time of year, rhubarb tends to get tired and worn out. The stalks, those that haven’t been plundered already, are green and thick, with big umbrella-like leaves. Everything starts to look a bit Jurassic, overgrown and gnarled. The slender pink and red elegance of the early stalks has long faded, and the taste [...]
Every year I look forward to the Glastonbury Festival.This year we marvelled at the shortness of Lady Gaga’s dress (really, how did she not expose herself), wondered why people listen to Kasabian and decided to do something tenuously food related in honour of Bruce Springsteen*. Something quintessentially American. Something straightforward and honest, no nonsense, down [...]
A few years ago, we had a long weekend in the vastly under-rated Belgian capital of Brussels, famous for beer, waffles, a statue of a little boy having a wee and mussels. I ate mussels three nights out of four, and on the other night I had a lobster, which came with a starter of [...]
Hebden’s Wheat is a light and lively wheat beer from the Little Valley Brewery in Hebden Bridge. The beer is bottle conditioned, with a distinct lemon taste, tinged with coriander. It goes perfectly with a curry or other spicy food. Little Valley’s beers are organic, certified by the Soil Association and overseen by the brewery’s [...]