May 24, 2010 | BBQ

BBQ

Dad likes a barby - nothing unusual about that. A good size piece of kit makes the whole event much easier to manage than squeezing all the food onto something too small.  Here is mine – not posh or hi-spec, just a large pit and a lot of cooking space. The main advantage is that you [...]

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May 18, 2010 | Ratatat-tatatouille

Ratatouille

My tall French friend, who I first met up a ladder in Ladbroke Grove many years ago when he was painting a ceiling, and is now a proper art dealer in Paris, once complimented me on this ratatouille I cooked for him and his family. I love this dish, which clears out a whole [...]

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May 10, 2010 | Aubergine Girl Uninterrupted

Uninterrupted

One of dad’s co-bloggers at Kennet Creative is Girl Uninterrupted. Mostly her posts are of marginal interest to Dads – lots of stuff about lovely ditzy girls and useless, heartless men – but this entry is very delightful (well they all are, really) – Aubergine Cake. If that’s not Dad, I don’t know what [...]

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