100 Essential Curries by Madhur Jaffrey – review
Whilst it’s some time since the Grande Dame of Indian cooking has graced our screens, it’s true that she remains our classic Indian TV food...
Veggie tikka masala
From Sainsbury’s Serves: 4 Preparation time: 15 Minutes Cooking time: 25 Minutes Ingredients 1 butternut squash 1 onion garlic 1 tablespoon olive oil...
Japanese Curry – traditionally cubed – recipe
We might think that Japanese curry is a new invention. Perhaps Japanese tourists discovered the recipe for curry on recent trips to the Subcontinent. But,...
Rasoi: New Indian Kitchen by Vineet Bhatia – review
This book feels sumptuous, contemporary and a bit different. It has the air of Eastern opulence but tastefully understated. Rasoi is unmistakably Indian and offers...
Curry Classic and Contemporary by Vivek Singh – review
You already know, dear reader, that I have a passion for Indian food so it’s no surprise that I, once again, feature a book about...
Christine Manfield’s Indian Cooking Class
Christine Manfield might not be a familiar name to many home cooks outside Australia, and I expect that will change when we become more familiar...
Merchant Gourmet has Christmas Covered
Delicious Plant Jars, and hamper-worthy I love cooking but towards the end of the year there are plenty of distractions – like that little thing...
From Gujarat with Love
100 Authentic Indian Vegetarian Recipes Author Vina Patel now lives in the US although she was born and grew up in Gujarat in India. She...
Indian Vegan & Vegetarian
200 traditional plant-based recipes India has had a long tradition of vegan and vegetarian cooking and its dishes are as diverse as its regions and...
Cafe Spice Namaste Big News
Café Spice Namaste Team to leave Prescot Street premises at the end of January 2021 Loyal Café Spice Namaste patrons launch Friends of Café Spice...
Wild and Game Madras
Pheasant Madras Everyone’s Saturday night favourite – a good old curry! Mix it up and try pheasant instead of chicken with this amazing pheasant Madras...
Cafe Spice Namaste Helping Out
Café Spice Namaste adopts Eat Out to Help Out concept throughout the week Cyrus and Pervin Todiwala have announced that their flagship Indian restaurant, Café...
Farzi Café in Haymarket
Haymarket is an historic street in central London. Connecting Pall Mall with Piccadilly, Haymarket dates back to Elizabethan times and, unsurprisingly, it was once a...
The Island Kitchen: Recipes from Mauritius and the Indian Ocean
Oh, deep joy! It’s summer at last and I think I have found my cookbook of the year …and it’s still only July! Every page...
Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen
Well, here is a rather interesting cookbook! It has hints of familiar cuisines but Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen offers a delicious...
Kahani – Sloane Square
This was bound to be good. I knew the chef, Peter Joseph from a Michelin-star Indian restaurant, so I was expecting good things. The location...
Green Chicken Curry (Kaeng Kheaw Waan Kai)
This recipe has been generously contributed by Executive Chef Roberto Conrad and Chef Pan of Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort, Thailand The rich coconut milk...
Thai Taste Red Curry in a Hurry
Thai Taste Red Curry comes in a packet. ‘No!’, I hear my trusting and loyal reader cry! ‘This pre-prepared dinner-helper can surely not be promoted...
Thai Taste Green Curry and a competition
Thai cuisine is popular all over the world and it’s easy to see why. It is a tempting and vibrant blend of spicy, salty, bitter,...
Rosa’s Thai Café – The Vegetarian Cookbook
Rosa’s was the original name of an empty caff which Saiphin Moore and her husband turned into their first restaurant. Saiphin is Thai and has...