North West Nosh

In the past few months I've had to prepare for and adhere to a low-iodine diet as part of preparations for radio-iodine treatment (radio...

Dukkah ( or dukka or duqqa ) is a North African condiment most usually attributed to Egypt and which comes in many different guises - the si...

One of the many breakfast pancake incarnations It's been a long time since I sat down to write for pleasure, if I look at my list of...

As much as I go on about cake, I'm not what you'd call a dyed in the wool cake lover. To be perfectly honest with you, I find cakes,...

There are many smells I enjoy and most of them involve food - garlic and onions softening, broad beans flowers on a hot morning, my fingerti...

This is one of those recipes  that you can whip up pretty quickly and it looks like you've spent a good old bit of time in the kitchen c...

As promised in previous posts, here’s the recipe for the easy roasted tomatoes. They’re pretty easy to make, so don’t go thinking I’m such a...

I’m putting my hands up and admitting to being a bit of a chilli freak – not one of those masochistic show-offs who punish their taste buds/...

At this time of year, our thoughts collectively reflect on the gluttony of the Christmas period; so much recipe and food writing at this tim...

After a Christmas comprised of sheer gluttony and wild food adandon, my thoughts have turned, true girl style, to my waist and those flabby ...

If someone sends you some free booze with a ‘Secret Mission’ envelope strapped to it, what do you imagine is in there? Booze related nudity?...

What's this? Another recipe from me? What have become a recluse and stopped writing about going out and stuffing things in my face? No I...

What's this? A recipe with booze in it? Yeah I like drinking in the morning and am always looking for excuses. Plus I just got introduce...