Not everyone loves anchovies but I adore the fishy, salty morsels of deliciousness. Love them or hate them, you can’t deny that they pack a punch and I like to add them to lots of different dishes, such as eggs fried in anchovy butter: simply mash the anchovies into some butter and fry the eggs [...]

This is a very tasty, cheap and easy midweek supper containing one of my favourite ingredients, fennel. Unbelievably good roasted. This served two large portions, but would easily stretch to three lunches or lighter dinners. The parsley brings some much needed colour and an added freshness to the dish. I only use wholewheat penne; it [...]

Flip! It’s cold. Autumn swept in at precisely 6.20pm on Sunday evening, as we sat in front of the main stage at Electric Picnic. I’m still recovering from that fantastic weekend, and my wallet has taken something of a hammering too. This is a rescue recipe. Supplied by my lovely friend Paula White, it has, [...]

Liver never quite recovered from Hannibal Lecter’s slimy endorsement. But in most animals, the liver is often the tastiest part: think pâté and the wistful, slurpy looks of people over 50 when they gross out their children with happy memories of liver and onions. Liver crops up on many restaurant menus, and not just in [...]

I’m determined to find sick and twisted ways of forcing history’s five greatest foods – anchovies, honey, mustard, raspberries, and chicken wings – to live together in one tiny room and swap each other around in surprising combinations (I know, I know, mustard is a condiment not a food). Honey and mustard are in love, [...]