The last knockings of 2023 are upon us and we find ourselves glamping in beautiful Northumberland. It’s freezing and the wind is blowing the rain sideways, but we are having great time and looking forward to seeing in the new year by watching the nearby Allendale Fire Festival where 45 brave (foolhardy?) men each carryContinue reading “Glamping Adventures in Northumberland: Fires, Food, and Fun”
Category Archives: Fire Cage
How to Prepare Monkfish Like a Pro
The Mighty Monkfish Stuck, as I am, watching the rain (absolute stair rods as Paddington might say) batter the windows of the departure lounge in a Balkan airport, I have been afforded the opportunity to write a new blog. We’ve been in Montenegro for a week; a land of unbelievable beauty and whose people haveContinue reading “How to Prepare Monkfish Like a Pro”
Mastering Asado: A Complete Guide to Short Ribs
I realise that having a blog and writing about all the food one has cooked inevitably sounds like blowing one’s trumpet. This week I cooked something so delicious my trumpet blowing is going to sound like when Han, Luke and Chewie got their medals from Leia Over a period of about 5 and a half hours,Continue reading “Mastering Asado: A Complete Guide to Short Ribs”
Live Fire Paella
Here we are then, the second blog of 2023. I have cooked and documented quite a lot in this new year so settling on a subject has been quite tricky, hence the lag since my last post. In truth, I have been experimenting with filming what I have been cooking and this, whilst being aContinue reading “Live Fire Paella”
Season of Mists and slabs of Venison
I have a friend called Guy who is a very good chap to know indeed. Amongst other things he is a very keen apiarist, which means that every so often he drops round large quantities of honey that his bees have produced. He is also the kind of bloke who gets a massive venison haunchContinue reading “Season of Mists and slabs of Venison”
Porchetta
I often need to have a good long think before setting out on a new blog post. Is it to be about a new dish I’ve cooked, a new piece of kit or a party we’ve held? Mostly, they seem to end up being a bit of a combination of all three, but there isContinue reading “Porchetta”
Fun with a Flambadou
A what? A flambadou is used to melt fats or butter over whatever it is you are preparing to add flavour and to add a last-minute scorch of heat to finish off the cooking. It consists of a metal cone with the wide opening at the top and a much smaller hole at the bottomContinue reading “Fun with a Flambadou”
A word on time (not the Stephen Hawking kind)
I noticed with a degree of horror today that is now 6 months or so since my last post here. I’ve wracked my brains and cannot really come up with any particular reason for the hiatus other than sometimes real life gets in the way. In this case my professional life has been pretty all-consumingContinue reading “A word on time (not the Stephen Hawking kind)”
The Fire Cage
The Fire Cage Polly and I went backpacking around Argentina 20 years ago. It was a transformative experience for me in many ways, not least in the pure joy to be had in going to a restaurant where the menu only consisted of about 10 courses of meat. You name it. Bif de Chorizo, BifContinue reading “The Fire Cage”
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