I managed to miss the most brutal part of the British winter this year thanks to an extended stint of filming in Australia. Down under, summer was in fact coming to an end and crisp autumn air was arriving, but we still managed to enjoy our fair share of barbies from the [...]

City living isn’t always conducive to entertaining at home, let’s face it. Time is short and space even more so. After a long day at the office, meeting in town for a bite to eat is far more appealing than racing for the shops, trying to beat your friends home and then [...]

After a fairly uneventful January (respect to all those who detoxed), February offers far more excitement on the foodie calendar. From Shrove Tuesday and Valentine’s day (which I realise is not technically food-related, but I thoroughly expect to enjoy a slap up meal), [...]

It’s only January 7th and by now I’m pretty sure you’ve been bombarded with diet tips, detox plans, juice cleanses and every other weight loss strategy under the sun. I prefer the French attitude to easing yourself out of the Christmas indulgence with a final hurrah in [...]

If the much-documented chaos and clamour of Black Friday was enough to put you off shopping for life, it’s time to consider the alternatives as Christmas draws nearer. I have long been an advocate of the edible gift, not simply because I love my food and suspect many [...]

I took to the woods to forage for mushrooms well before autumn had reared its golden-red head this year. I was in Sweden at the end of August, usually a time when I would be scrambling around the bushes with my granny-ish berry picker (a scoop with teeth which allows you to [...]

The other day I was reminiscing about my days in Paris prior to acquiring my microwave-sized oven (as seen on The Little Paris Kitchen). If you thought that studio apartment was small, its predecessor was positively minute. Catching up with an old friend from Paris in Tokyo [...]

One of the best things about London’s street food scene is that items previously considered trashy are being elevated to new gastronomic heights by passionate young entrepreneurs. It’s happened to burgers, hot dogs, mac and cheese, poutine, and now the humble grilled [...]

Each and every summer I vow to myself that my ice cream machine will be removed from the back of the cupboard, dusted off and finally made the most of. I envisage whipping up homemade fruity sorbets and churning vanilla seed-heavy custards to my heart’s content. But while [...]

Forget those little lavender scented drawer sachets, there’s far more to that fragrant shrub than making your socks and sweaters smell like a summer’s day in Provence. I have been championing the culinary use of this herb since ‘The Little Paris Kitchen’ (you can [...]