Roast chicken stuffed with haggis and prunes
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Roast chicken stuffed with haggis—vegetarian haggis in this case—and prunes is hardly a traditional dish. But, it's what I whimsically...
- Oct 30, 2023
- 2 min
The Outsider—best bistro in Edinburgh
A recent birthday jaunt back to Scotland afforded me the joy of confirming that one of my favourite haunts in Edinburgh remains the best...
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- 5 min
Apulian pasta with tomato sauce and 'nduja
Apulian pasta with tomato sauce and 'nduja. The other lead flavours in the sauce include capers, black olives and red peppers.
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- 3 min
Sicilian spaghetti with chillies, sultanas and anchovies
Sicilian spaghetti with chillies, sultanas and anchovies
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- 6 min
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- 4 min
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- 8 min
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- Aug 24, 2023
- 7 min
Calabrian linguine with summer tomato sauce, asparagus and anchovies
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- Aug 13, 2023
- 6 min
Summer vegetable linguine with lemon and white fish
A pasta dish perfect for summer brimming with the flavours of green summer vegetables and the zing of lemon. The white fish makes it...
- Jul 17, 2023
- 4 min
Pea, spinach and lemon risotto
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- Jul 10, 2023
- 10 min
Levantine chicken with walnut sauce
A hack for Levantine chicken with walnut sauce, a delicious, quick meal that's nutritious and healthy. An easy take on Lebanese roz a djej.
- Jul 4, 2023
- 4 min
Summer broccoli soup with pistachios
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- Jul 1, 2023
- 9 min
Never on a Sunday roast lamb
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- Jun 28, 2023
- 4 min
Iced celery soup with cucumber and ceviche
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- Jun 24, 2023
- 6 min
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- May 12, 2023
- 4 min
Polish sausage and chicken spring hotpot
A delightful mix of herbs underpinned by the combination of smoked Polish sausage and chicken with the sweetness of swede
- Apr 11, 2023
- 5 min
Panko chicken schnitzel and spätzle
Panko chicken schnitzel with spätzle— a fusion dish of southern Germanic comfort food and Japanese influences
- Apr 2, 2023
- 4 min
Fish as chips
A dish that combines fish and seafood flavours with a fresh, green salsa that heralds spring.
- Mar 28, 2023
- 9 min
Spring Chicken
An Italian chicken dish for spring based on a Renaissance recipe. Flavours of fresh vegetables, a creamy mushroom sauce and lasagne side.
- Mar 19, 2023
- 4 min
Green, marine pasta
A great pasta dish— "paccheri con zucca, asparagi e capesante"—otherwise know as paccheri with butternut squash, asparagus and scallops
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