The flounder(s) at Prahran market had been winking at me for weeks. Then Shammi from Shrewsbury told me she'd recently returned from a holiday to Borth, where I caught my first flounder. If you haven't visited Borth do so, but do it when there is a spring tide. The sea ...

It’s full moon and I'm eating the genitals of a spiny beast. Not a hedgehog or a porcupine, but a sea urchin . They have been winking at me for months now and at it’s $7.50 a kilo it is time to try them and bliss out on the anandamines ...

Busy, busy, busy. What I need is a quick and easy recipe with both veggies and meat. One of my favourites is Gajar ka salad, a Gujerati carrot salad from my very stained and food stippled copy of Madjur Jaffrey’s Indian Cookery . It is an excellent candidate for Weekend ...

Ingredients 1 sheet frozen puff pastry A few marinated olives Two ripe tomatoes Fetta cheese (Greek is still the best) Olive oil and seasoning 1 egg yolk Today I shan’t be rolling out puff pastry. Life is too short and the frozen stuff, I hate to say, is pretty good. ...

Ingredients About 1kg mussels 1 onion Curly leafed parsley Slat and pepper White wine Olive oil Makes enough for two It’s great looking, vibrant green, perhaps the most voluptuous of herbs. As one of my favourite herbs, old-fashioned curly parsley is my choice for the first anniversary of Weekend Herb ...

Ingredients 60g unsalted butter 185g caster sugar 3 egg yolks 3 egg whites 2 teaspoons lemon zest 80ml lemon juice 40g self-raising flour 185ml milk The last couple of balmy evenings have fund me quaffing a couple of beers – Argentinean Quilmes seems to be the vogue – in the ...

Number 71: Creamy Stuffed Figs - I got these from a wonderful blog called The Weekly Dish .  Whenever I get my act together (maybe when M'hijo starts preschool) I am going to do a little weekly menu like the Culinary Bookworm does.  It's so neat, and so were the ...

Now - at some local fish mongers - Wild Alaskan Salmon - Wild Copper River  - King Salmon - i.e. - non farm raised - non organic salmon - Much more money - in some cases twice the price of the bland stuff - but taste-wise - indescribable - a ...

The Dirty Martini was a favourite of the 32nd President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It it said that talks with Stalin could only begin after the third Martini. This drink is made in the same way as a standard Martini but the added 'dirtiness' is brine from ...

This famous cocktail was first prepared at Harry’s Bar in Venice, and soon became one of the ‘classic’ cocktails of modern times. A common misconception about this drink is that it is made with champagne. Making a Bellini with champagne is firstly a waste (unless it’s a particularly cheap and ...