Today it’s time for our annual pilgrimage to Rick Stein Barnes. Well, I only really discovered it recently, just post lockdown but now make an effort to go there every year as it’s such a lovely experience. As it happens it’s also not far from where we live but I’d certainly travel further for the […]
At last it’s time to head back to Rick Stein Barnes. I’m a huge Rick Stein fan – have travelled around the world with him through his fabulous TV programmes and cooked many recipes from the books that go with them. So it will surprise you to hear that I wasn’t aware he even had […]
Published in 2009 (so it’s been around for a while), this is one of my a regular go-to recipe books when I’m looking for inspiration. It accompanied the TV programme where Rick visited restaurants, markets and farms in Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. I love Asian food, though I have only […]
I’m a big Rick Stein fan. I’ve loved all his TV programmes and cooked loads of dishes from his recipe books (many of them over and over again). I joined his Far Eastern Odyssey with great enthusiasm, revelling in the food of Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bali and Bangladesh (how’s that for an […]
We spend a lot of our time in Cape Town on the Atlantic Seaboard, especially around Sea Point and Mouille Point. Main Road in Sea Point is an amazing place – seriously, if you want to buy something or get something fixed you’ll be able to get it done in Main Road. So imagine my […]