1. Basic Bread
(Garys Cookbook)

Any old bread is that stuff in the UK that supermarkets force down your throat. Just because it is cooked on the premises, however, does not mean that it is good bread. Good bread starts with

2. Piri Piri Chicken
(Garys Cookbook)

... other day, I present a proper Piri Piri chicken. Piri Piri is a South African word for the very small hot chilli. This recipe can be a bit on the firey side, so you may want to be cautious how many c...

3. Hot Beef Stew
(Garys Cookbook)

Now, everyone likes a good stew. It is one of the oldest ways of cooking food and still one of the best. Stew is really a very simple concept - it is the combining of ingredients in a sealed vessel.

4. Green Curry
(Garys Cookbook)

...ants in the UK is missing two things: sweetness and tons of chilli. For in Thailand Green Curry is the hot one. Recently I watched Nigella Lawson cook a really quick Green Curry on television. S...

5. Scrambled Eggs
(Garys Cookbook)

There are a thousand and one recipes for flashy scrambled eggs. Scrambled eggs with asparagus, with salmon and probably with chicken tikka, god help us! But this is all meaningless is one cooks revo

6. Serious Tomato Soup
(Garys Cookbook)

Tomato soup is a bit of a big deal with me. We grow our own tomatos from seeds which we get from a fantastic supplier called Seeds of Italy . We grow a good mixture, but always make sure we have ple

7. Perfect Chicken Soup
(Garys Cookbook)

Chicken soup is one of those underated, often badly cooked, essentials that is not just the mainstay of any Jewish mother, but of all who like great soup. There are a thousand variations to this soup,

8. Pizza
(Garys Cookbook)

...t can turn out a bit wet! In Naples the top pizzerias cook their pizzas in around 90 seconds in a very hot oven, and this causes lots of evaporation very quickly! But I have found a kind of solut...

9. Roasted Red Pepper Ketchup
(Recipes/Pickles and Preserves)

...stardseed 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon garam masala 1 tsp tobasco 3 small hot chilli, finely chopped Cut the peppers in half, de seed them then roast in an oven, ski...

10. Piri Piri Chicken
(Recipes/Chicken and Duck)

...other day, I present a proper Piri Piri chicken. Piri Piri is a South African word for the very small hot chilli. This recipe can be a bit on the firey side, so you may want to be cautious how many...

11. Tomato Soup
(Recipes/Soups)

... tomatoes have gone mushy. Remove from the heat and let cool for a while. These tomatoes are very hot so be careful! Put the tomatoes though a Mouli or similar sieve type device to remove th...

12. Itlian Pizza
(Recipes/Luncheon)

...t can turn out a bit wet! In Naples the top pizzerias cook their pizzas in around 90 seconds in a very hot oven, and this causes lots of evaporation very quickly! But I have found a kind of solut...

13. Green Curry
(Recipes/Chicken and Duck)

...ants in the UK is missing two things: sweetness and tons of chilli. For in Thailand Green Curry is the hot one. Recently I watched Nigella Lawson cook a really quick Green Curry on television. S...

14. Best Chicken Soup
(Recipes/Soups)

...ry well roasted to give added flavour. This is simple, just chuck the bones of the chicken into a very hot oven and roast till well and truly roasted - but not burnt! Now, onto the rest: C...

15. Basic Bread
(Recipes/Bread)

...e it into anything you like. Let it prove, covered with a cloth, for a good hour. Bake in a very hot oven - 30 minutes or so for large loaves, less for bagettes, rolls, etc. Remove from th...

16. Scrambled Eggs
(Recipes/Breakfast)

...t there is no reason what so ever to add the cream. Part of the trick here is not to cook the eggs too hot - that will give you a thick omelette rather than soft and creamy eggs. Once you have g...

17. Marriotts Fish Bar
(Food Matters/Reviews)

...it to Southend-On-Sea seemed to pretty much fill the requirement. I had been a warm day, not too hot, and we had doen the pier, a bit of the ammusements, paddled in the mud and whatched the tide...