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Halloween Chicken © Kevin Ashton 2008
Halloween Chicken (serves 2) © Kevin Ashton 2008I know the name Halloween Chicken is a bit hooky but it did the trick because your reading this. Pumpkins are getting cheaper in the UK as they become...
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4th International Tapas Competition
As a chef and food writer I like to keep in tune with the culinary competitions going on around the world. Out of a full calendar of very worthy events, one in particular took my eye, the 4th...
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Tip of the Week-Leeks
Being a chef, I have long appreciated the versatility of leeks and in the UK November marks the beginning of the leek season (Nov-April). Besides making the obvious leek and potato soup; or...
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Dickens Of A Christmas At Bleak House
For lovers of Charles Dickens here is a different idea for Christmas.Bleak House, the former holiday home of novelist Charles Dickens, which opened recently as a restaurant with rooms, has announced...
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Tip of the Week-Christmas Dinner
Turkey-Fresh versus FrozenOf course we'd all love to afford a fresh organic Norfolk Bronze Turkey or Black Turkey but the reality for a lot of people is to cut their Christmas spending this year. If...
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White Chocolate Crème Brulee with Crunchie Ice-cream © Kevin Ashton 2008
This morning was my first visit back to my local gym in Stourport this year, though I hadn't gained any weight because my overall fitness level is still rising as is my metabolic rate. It's that...
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Pastry World Cup 2013
In case you missed it the two most important culinary competitions in the world took place in Lyon France on January 27th and 28th, 2013. Held every two years the Pastry World Cup and the Bocuse D'or...
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Cake International, London 2013
Competition Winner!!Congratulations to Agata Pokutycka who has won the 2 VIP Tickets, the organisers have been sent your details.We have teamed up with the organisers of Cake International – The...
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Tip of the Week-Sharpening your knives
Tip of the Week-Sharpening knives Of course when a knife is brand new it's usually very sharp, but how sharp you can keep them? Learning to sharpen knives is a mystery to some and I hope this article...
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Roasted Rhubarb Flan © Kevin Ashton 2013
Roasted Rhubarb Flan with Cinnamon Crème FraicheAlthough so far this Spring has been mostly cool this hasn't bother my rhubarb patch at all.Even though I hacked it back to the crown at the end of last...
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Tip of the Week-Smart Sizzors
Many homes have a 2-3 pairs of blunt unusable scissors, don't you? But finding a good pair of scissors is not an easy thing to do and finding a decent pair of kitchen shears is even harder. You...
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Pag-The Undiscovered Country
Like many others I had never heard of Pag and that it's an island that is part of Croatia which officially became part of the EU as of July 1st, 2013. I love travelling to new places and even better...
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Chocolate Pecan Pie & Bourbon Raspberries
When I first created this recipe in America back in 1992 several well know magazines asked me for the recipe and I stoutly refused because my philosophy back then was if you liked that dish you would...
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Vanilla Pecan and Damson Ice Cream
Vanilla Pecan and Damson Ice Cream © Kevin Ashton 2013Yes, I know my last recipe also had Pecan nuts in but circumstances conspired to make this so.First, I picked several kilo of Damsons from the...
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Tip Of The Week -Instant Boiling Water
Instant Boiling Water Having a hot water boiler installed in your kitchen can speed up the process of getting dinner on the table. Busy families trying to catch a healthy dinner between school and...
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Tip Of The Week-How to store mushrooms in your fridge
Mushrooms Most people buy a punnet of mushrooms from their local supermarket and put them straight in one of the crisper boxes at the bottom of their fridge/freezer. The problem with that is within a...
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Roasted Beetroot Salad with Walnuts and Dolcelatte © 2014
This weekend I will be pulling up the rest of my beetroots from my raised beds and the pickling process will begin in earnest.The difference between home produced and store bought is like night and...
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Tip Of the Week-Piccolo Parsnips
Tip Of the Week-Piccolo ParsnipsIn the last couple of years they have begun to appear in the produce section of your supermarkets.Piccolo parsnips are a baby version of one of Britain's favourite...
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Yellow Plum and Vanilla Jam
photo by kind permission ©Alison BrierleyJam is easier to make than most people think and definately a thrifty thing to do if your sister has a garden full of fruit trees. English yellow plums are also...
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Join Me on Instagram
I thought it was about time I made my recipes more visible on smart phones and mobile devices. So, with my girlfriend Sophie's help I joined Instagram.I'm still learning the in's and out's of Instagram...
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French Lemon Tart © Kevin Ashton 2003
Today I put this photo onto my instagram account (November 22nd,2014), I realised that I had never posted on my blog.Published first in the Sunday Mercury November 9th, 2003 and can be found on the...
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Andrew James-A Year in the mixer
Andrew James-A Year in the mixerI've been test driving Andrew James' Large 7 Litre Automatic Food Stand Mixer for well over a year. My first impression was wow, a lot of mixer for £130, but during the...
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Easy Almond and Orange Cake
If you are like me and you have marzipan left in your fridge from Christmas, don't throw it away turn it into a delicious easy to make cake.Ingredients:6 large free range eggs100g castor sugar250 grams...
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Braised Beef with Porcini mushrooms
Serving any kind of Beef joint these days is more of a luxury than a regular thing. People try to keep costs down by braising or slow roasting a cheaper cut of beef such as Brisket. At the moment in...
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Tip Of The Week--How to use garlic
FactsOne of the oldest medicinal plants, garlic has been used in many cultures as a healing plant for its antibiotic and antifungal properties and ability to ward off colds and flu.The compound allicin...
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The Yunnan Cookbook-Review
I used to think that the food of China was broken into eight cuisines (kitchens), Sichuan and Cantonese being the best know. The eight cuisines represent the characteristic food of eight of China's 22...
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Twice Cooked Belly of Pork with Kumquats
This recipe is a sample from the cookbook The Yunnan Cookbook I have just reviewed and is reprinted here with kind permission from Blacksmith Books and the authours Annabel Jackson and Linda Chia.Twice...
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Black Garlic and Goat's Cheese Tart
Black Garlic and Goat's Cheese Tart © Kevin Ashton 2015 Moving into Spring gets people thinking and planning dinner parties again, so I often get asked for easy yet tasty ideas that have more than one...
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Tip of The Week-Ultimate Roast Potatoes
Sometimes the ultimate version of something needs time say 35 years?,method, practice and perhaps a stroke of luck. A roast potato should be cooked with the meat it is intended to be served with, quite...
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I'm Moving to Wordpress
Dear Readers, after 9 + years here at Blog.co.uk I have decided to move my blog to Wordpress. I'm doing this first and foremost because the appearance of my blog on this platform lookes dated. Jammed...
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