Recent content by Tain

After starting this thread, I took myself up to London and bought two loaves of St Johns Bakery sourdough bread for my family to try. Turns out that none of them like it, so unless I want to bake just for myself then it's a fairly futile effort :'(

Thanks for that. Yeah it sounds like the second kind of book you described is what I'm after. I've cooked hundreds of recipes before and learnt plenty along the way. What I'm really yearning after is a book that really analyses what I'm doing in the kitchen, with cooking exercises rather than...

Apologies if this has already been asked - weren't sure what to search for and didn't fancy trawling through hundreds of threads. I've got 50-100 cookbooks of varying degrees, from Perfect 68 to Larousse Gastronomique. But what I'm really looking isn't a recipe book, but something that will...

Barbecoa is all a la carte. Can't remember exactly what we ordered, but I had a fish tartare and a steak, which were excellent; and my partner had chicken for her main. We only had light drinks so can't comment on their wine selection, but they did fancy cocktails and unusual spirits and beers -...

I like sourdough bread, but it's days and days of effort to make. And considering there are other just as good breads you can make or even buy, is it worth the trouble??

I ate at Jamie Oliver's Barbecoa in London recently. Highly recommended!

Jamie Oliver is too 'mum friendly' for me. Is Tom Kerridge considered 'celebrity' after The Great British Menu? If so, then him. Love his down to earth British food, and chuffed he got a second Michelin star.