Wednesday
July 25th
2007
July 25th
2007
He's no stranger to controversy – but now Britain's most famous chef has opened a can of worms by demanding chefs should only cook with seasonal vegetables.
I may be a vegetarian, but I still love the smell of bacon »
Madonna demands 25 cases of Kabbalah water backstage, 12 dozen boxes of strawberries and Yorkshire tea - but what absurd culinary demands fill other divas' riders?
In recent months, wine consumers have been portrayed as easily manipulated victims who can be influenced by price, pretense or hype.
Since the strawberry season is in full bloom we already had them in every thinkable way, with panna cotta or on-top of a cake, but as a filling for dumplings? Warm? They are actually quite easy to prepare - once I mastered the sticky dough that is - and the combination of strawberries and poppyseed is not only a visual hit, it's delish.
As soon as we got a handle on the kitchen mess, my kitchen spirit asked for a non-elaborate, quick summer cake - we enjoyed the warmest April in the last 100 years (and finally got some long awaited rain this morning). Rhubarb is currently on everyone's mind, so I quickly settled for a easy to make crumble cake...