Taralli

Taralli are savoury or sweet snacks from Puglia in the south of Italy. I have recently returned from Puglia where I travelled around for a few days before joining a cookery and yoga retreat in Conversano, about 40 minutes drive from Bari, one of the main cities in Puglia. Our cookery teacher, Lucrezia, taught us…

Vegan sausage rolls

This recipe is from Miguel Barclay’s latest book ‘Vegan One Pound Meals’. I love his ‘One Pound Meals’ series – a cooking philosophy very much like mine – easy, freshly cooked food at a reasonable price (and you can’t get more reasonable than a pound per person). One of the cheap, fresh and easy mantras…

Savoury muffins

I made these muffins three weeks’ ago because I wanted something savoury to take for  half time nourishment during the Crystal Palace v Newcastle game. As Palace supporters we’re really living on our nerves at the moment –  fighting a relegation battle while being plagued with injury problems – some of our best players are…