On 25th January, we celebrate the life of Robbie Burns. Many of us have often gone to organised Robbie Burns Nights where the festivities begin with The Selkirk Grace followed by a procession of pipes, tributes and toasts paid to the haggis before a dinner of ‘haggis, neeps and tatties’ followed by speeches; The Immortal…
Category: Entertaining
Chorizo Jam
This is the ultimate in food porn. Scoop it straight out of the jar with your finger, spread it on toast, bread, crackers, cold cuts, cheese, a generous tablespoon stirred through spaghetti… Ingredients: 500g Cooking Chorizo 1 large white onion finely sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 85g light muscovado sugar 3 tbsp Sherry vinegar 2…
January
After the over indulgent aftermath of the Christmas period, new year’s resolutions, crash diets and penniless pockets, January takes on a cloak of austerity. Our tastes become less extravagant and simple; we re-introduce the aspect of portion control in the hope that we will regain a waistline before the summer. The temperature having finally dropped…
BBQ Summer Sun
Even though the first day of summer is officially 21st June, here in Gibraltar, dusting off the grill and serving up a platter of barbequed delights anytime between April/May is a good indication that summer is on its way. The question is always: who is going to be brave enough to be the first to…
El Capote (Chef Lede) – Almadraba
After the first full moon of May as the Spring turns to Summer the Spanish coastal towns from Tarifa to Conil watch in the splendour of Blue-fin tuna making their way from the cold Atlantic waters to warmer Mediterranean spawning grounds. Their streamlined bodies having packed on blubber during the winter months make these massive…
Foodie Weekend
Licking my lips, I alighted from the Heathrow Express at Paddington and made my way to the Southbank Centre to check out the Cheese and Wine Festival. Having arrived late-afternoon (I had just flown in from Gib!) I had missed the ‘food theatre’ and even though there were not many people jostling around the food…
El Capote – Chef Lede
I can’t wait for Ian to either email me or send me a text message letting me know about the next food and wine matching event at El Capote. Talking to Ian about the direction the events are now going in, he admitted that they are no longer food and wine matching evenings where the wine flows from beginning…
New Years Day
In the past, no matter what time we went to bed at and no matter how much toasting to the new year had gone on, someone (Gran and Mum) had to wake up early and get started on preparing and cooking a New Year’s lunch for a family of 7+. On most occasions, the same…
Christmas Party
“I’m no good at chatting up and always get rebuffed, Enough to drive a man to drink, I don’t do no washing up” But you will always find me in the kitchen at parties! And that is exactly where I spent most of my Saturday. Not just at the party but throughout the day as…
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