The Botanical Kitchen
Recipes, travel and the occasional rant
So excited to share with you details of my debut cookbook! All about the wonderful world of Gujarati snacking and our culture of sharing and hospitality. It’s full of stories as well as quick and easy vegetarian recipes from beer snacks to bhajia, masala mogo to green chilli margaritas! Have a look!
I do love Instagram. It’s procrastination at it’s best! I mostly snap food and the odd picture of our beautiful Pip. It has however now also become my app of choice for taking and editing photos. It’s so easy and intuitive to use to get great results. There are a few Instagrammers that I am […]
The wonderful thing about jet lag when you visit the US is that you’re up and out by 5am. Why is this wonderful I hear you ask? Well picture this. You’ve spent hours researching places to eat in the city you’re visiting and then you make it there only to find they are fully booked […]
When I lived in Japan I didn’t eat fish and so I missed out on sushi. I kick myself now. I could have had four years of the best sushi in the world but at the time I was too afraid of ‘fishy’ fish like salmon and stuck to the safe vegetarian options and cooked […]
Last year was the very first year I went to a festival. I don’t know how I have got to the age of 46 without having experienced this most British of summertime activities. We chose Camp Bestival. We had heard nothing but good things so literally the day before we booked, loaded up the car […]
As a child I remember my grandmother ask after the weather forecast. London is pretty unpredictable but we did have some scorching summers when I was little. There were no iPhone apps so I would show her the newspaper. She’d nod and then get to work making poppadums. My job was to carefully go and […]
When I first started blogging one of the first blogs I read regularly was Miss Foodwise. It was just a beautifully written and photographed blog with many, many recipes I wanted to actually eat. So I have been a fan of Regula Ysewijn long before meeting her at a food blogging event and I have enjoyed hearing […]
It’s nearly time for the London Marathon. My training has gone well in the main. I had a bit of a lapse this week as I’ve not been feeling well. Truth be told I’m struggling a little on the food side. I hit my fundraising target within a few months of signing up, my training […]
Idly flicking through my Twitter feed over New Year I came across an article entitled Top 10 Countries to Visit In 2016. I never pass up travel inspiration so I scrolled down the list and was surprised to discover Wales noted at number 8. I always forget Wales is a separate country. It’s just 2 motorways […]
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to a supperclub. The last one was actually Asma Khan’s Jai Ho Supperclub. Asma has become a good friend and I am so proud of her success at The Sun and Thirteen Cantons pub in Soho, London. If you haven’t been then do pay her a visit […]
Recently I’ve been involved with the Gift Of Waste campaign which is being run for The European week For Waste Reduction. It aims to promote actions people can take to reduce the amount of waste they generate – specifically food waste. I got involved with the campaign because I hate waste. It drives me mad to […]
Those of you who read this blog regularly will know that I love taking a look behind the scenes of food producers and places. I was therefore so excited when I received an invitation from Borderfields Rapeseed Oil and Hammond Produce to visit their Innovation Garden in Nottinghamshire. The day started with some cooking demonstrations […]