Congee is a common breakfast dish across Asia. It offers all the carbohydrate and protein one needs for the day, delivering the same soothing satisfaction as our western porridge. Congee is a dish that varies from country to country, province to province, and there as many variations as there are families who make it. I’ve […]

If you’ve ever been to Thailand you’ll know the magic of sweating over an incendiary bowl of Tom Ka amidst the noise of motorbikes and tuk tuks. Ingredients seem to vary from province to province, but it is always a hot and sour fusion full of poached chicken or mushrooms. The freshness of ingredients is […]

This is the undisputed king of soups, and a real feather in one’s dinner party cap. From this creamy, savoury dish a whole mantra for 1 ingredient soup was spawned, and so it has a special place in my heart. Jerusalem artichoke is a robust, deeply savoury tubor with a consistency not unlike potato, making […]

My recipe for healing broken hearts, delirium tremens and sniffles is inspired by Vietnamese phở gà (pronounced ‘four gah’). On the morning after sampling more than one’s fair share of bia hoi there is no better pick-me-up than a hearty breakfast of chicken,  chilli and rice noodles – a perfect foundation for a day of […]

Forget that nasty stuff in a can whose company is only desirable in the form of an Andy Warhol. This smoky fusion of Spanish pimentón, bread and tomatoes is the conquistador of soups. The bold acidity of tomatoes really brings out the spiced smoke of the paprika, helped along with a little chilli. My fellow […]

Someone once wrote that the iconic Gordon Ramsay has a face like a celeriac. A bit of a harsh review of the humble celeriac in my opinion. It’s not a pretty vegetable but it is delicious in this soup. Using only one vegetable is one of my cooking  mantras. Souping the celeriac on its own […]