Grilled sea bass

Sea bass is becoming more and more affordable, mainly because it has become a farmed fish, which is good news for those of us who think it is a fish worth eating.

Pollo alla Romana

Otherwise known as “Roman-style chicken”. I can remember eating something called Pollo alla Romana many years ago when I was a student, but it was nothing much like this.

Tex-Mex pork and black bean stew.

I’m calling this “Tex-Mex” rather than Mexican because I doubt that it scores many points on the Mexican food authenticity scale but

Fuchsia Dunlop’s stir-fried beef with peppers and cumin

This recipe comes from Fuchsia Dunlop’s book Every Grain Of Rice, but I have doubled the amount of peppers used, because I like the sweet crunch of stir-fried peppers.

Oh no! It’s the post-Christmas turkey curry.

Well, yes. It really is the post-Christmas turkey curry, as traditional as dreadful Christmas jumpers and mince pies.

Pork and wild boar sausages

This is an example of what I think of as effortless cooking. All I had to do was

Fuchsia Dunlop’s chicken with black beans

This is yet another fantastic recipe from Fuchsia Dunlop’s brilliant book Every Grain Of Rice. I’ve cooked it exactly as it appears in the book before, but