It goes without saying, but I’ll write it anyway – France is famous for it’s food. So, what could be on the agenda for a real foodie with 24 hours in Toulouse in the south of France? Out of France’s five major cities – which also include Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseilles – Toulouse is […]| From France, With Love
It didn’t take me long to realise working as a restaurant chef wasn’t for me. I would return home gone midnight and attempt to sleep before the agonising wake up for the following morning’s shift, ears buzzing with adrenaline, and this was enough to make me jump ship. So, I left bistros to become a […]| From France, With Love
We’re in the depths of potato season. We can see the burrata salads and the like jumping up and down, yoo-hooing at us from under a flashing sign announcing SUMMER, but until we finally get there, we still have the sturdy, reliable potato and a pan of simmering duck fat and butter, velvety garlic cloves, […]| Nigella Eats Everything
As a Brit, it’s not often that I get to feel smugly proud of my country’s culinary prowess but, what d’ya know, it’s finally happened. Can you believe it, nowhere other than France – that pinnacle of worldwide cuisine – is holding their hands up in surrender and declaring the British banoffee pie as one […]| Nigella Eats Everything
It all starts with a greasy massage in garlic butter. When I say “it”, I’m not referring to what I get up to on a Friday night, I mean a French roast chicken. French roast chicken is much the same as other countries’ claims on roast chicken, but for some reason, there is something alluring […]| Nigella Eats Everything
This weekend, six chocolate fondants were on trial. They faced a jury of impartial tasters (me and Gaylord) to prove their… ok, not innocence exactly, because these bad boys were sure as hell guilty of something – maybe let’s just say their virtue above all the others’. I’m going to lead with a spoiler – […]| Nigella Eats Everything
Happy New Year my dear reader! Or should I say, happy second week of January! The start of 2024 has already sprinted by, whipping my hair in the slipstream. Picture me lying face down on the floor in response. #newyearnewme started with toad in the hole, a pending deadline, and frenzied window cleaning – after […]| Nigella Eats Everything
In January, it goes with the territory that I feel squishy and rotund and like I’d melt in greasy ripples if someone threw me into a frying pan. This hasn’t slowed my eating debauchery however. That is, until I rustled up a winter vegan minestrone soup, a green, fresh one, full of spinach and leeks […]| Nigella Eats Everything
In the UK, Brussels sprouts make their only appearance at Christmas. For a vegetable with such little screen time, it’s curious that they’re so famous. (Or infamous?) What’s more, Brussels sprouts dishes always look sorry for themselves. So there’s no wonder recipes chuck in a packet of bacon, a block of cheese, heck I saw […]| Nigella Eats Everything