The Botanical Kitchen
Recipes, travel and the occasional rant
Risotto is a staple in our house. It’s simple to make, cheap and filling. My ‘technique’ was learned from TV Chefs. Jamie Oliver comes to mind. You soften the onions in butter and olive oil, you add the white wine, then the rice and slowly, slowly the stock. That’s how you make it right? Well let me tell […]
This is a recipe I tried from the Great British Chefs website by Vineet Bhatia. Instead of the walnuts, I used pecans. I’ve made this a few times now with different coffees. Last time I used a Union Coffee Espresso as I’d been to the London Coffee Festival. I’ve also tried it with Cafe Direct […]
Great British Chefs recently asked me to review The Mighty Spice Cook Book, and being a bit of a spice fiend I was delighted. John Gregory-Smith, the author of this wonderful book, sounds a lot like me. He grew up eating lots of different spices, he’s travelled all over the world meeting local people to learn […]