by Al la Carte | Monday, 3 August, 2015 | Recipes
I feel that lentil dishes are becoming less of a vegan/vegetarian meal and moving into the “main stream” meat eaters’ repertoire, and there’s no reason why not. Dishes like the excellent sausage, chorizo and lentil casserole (found here) to the...
by Al la Carte | Monday, 27 July, 2015 | Comfort Food, Recipes
I’ve been going back and forth with whether I would put this recipe on my site, the main reason being that it’s not my recipe. After a lot of debate it’s my favourite recipe I’ve found on the internet and just too good not to mention....
by Al la Carte | Monday, 20 July, 2015 | Cocktails
A few years ago now, while looking for amaretto cocktails I found a recipe on the internet for a Mai Tai. Having made it and loved it I decided to make it again a few months later, I took my trusty Barman’s handbook from the shelf and flicked to the page for the...
by Al la Carte | Monday, 13 July, 2015 | Recipes
I recently took a big bowl of this to a friends’ barbecue and it went down very well. It made a nice change from the mountains and mountains of meat that’s usually on offer at a British barbecue. Below serves 6-8 people with good sized portions, perfect...
by Al la Carte | Monday, 6 July, 2015 | Recipes
There wasn’t many things I didn’t like when I was growing up but I’m afraid beetroot was one of them. I’m not entirely sure why, maybe because it was usually served cold and pickled on the side of something with no business for it being there....
