Paper Palate

The title refers to southern American cooking - something about which I know next to nothing. But if someone has written about a love affair with it, it must be pretty good and I was full of high hopes for the book.
Written by Jean Anderson, winner of a James Beard award and contributer to Bon […]

This month’s OFM focusses on ‘eco foodies’ and, as a result, tends to be very light on the recipe front. Disappointing.
Which doesn’t mean there are no recipes … Nigel Slater looks at greens and offers dishes including bean and black cabbage soup, a very tasty looking chicken broth with kale and pork balls and savoy […]

A much less scary cover this month, as the OFM picks five chefs to watch - including Gordon Ramsay’s head chef at Hospital Road, and cover girl, Clare Smyth. The other chefs and restaurants you should be checking out are Robert Thompson at Waldo’s (Berkshire), Tom Kitchin at The Kitchin (Edinburgh), James Sommerin at the […]

Yet another Christmas issue but also AGT’s ‘biggest food issue yet’ with over 90 recipes. It’s so frustrating when there’s plenty of gorgeous food to make but all of it summery OR to feed huge numbers.
Taking it from the top, Gourmet Fast has moved to the front of the magazine, but the only dish that […]

What a scary picture of Gordon Ramsay! And the whole twelve stars thing … all a bit dull, but at least we do get some of his recipes, and I particularly like the sound of roasted fillet of beef with a truffle and root vegetable infusion and the risotto of ceps with spring onions and […]

I love bread in a somewhat unreasonable manner. It is one of the few foods I could never give up. And it’s also one of the few things I rarely make - which is ridiculous given the state of most commercial bread in Britain.
A copy of Anne Sheasby’s The Big Book of Bread recently came […]

I’m not entirely sure what a half naked French rugby player is doing on the cover of OFM either. I suppose it has something to do with the (now dissipated) rugby fever that has gripped England and the magazine’s by-line: The 50 Sexiest Places to be Fed.
A quick scamper through this list suggests that, predominantly, […]

This month it’s the Spanish issue, offering readers a ‘Taste of Spain.’ Even Fare Exchange (readers request restaurant recipes) has a Spanish flavour … so let’s start there.
Encasa, in Sydney, kicks things off with arroz negro, a sort of Spanish risotto, flavoured with squid ink and served with aioli. Heading into one of Australia’s emerging […]

A very green issue, which I guess is appropriate as the southern hemisphere’s winter gives way to spring. But even if beans aren’t quite your thing, this month’s issue yet again offers an extensive run of things gastronomic.
I had intended to cook something from the Gourmet Fast section: ‘luxe meals in under 30 minutes.’ I […]

This month it’s the biggest issue ever (apparently, although I swear that’s the case at least once a year!) and there’s certainly a fair bit of space given to the OFM’s editor, Nigel Slater, who has released a new book, Eating for England. While a few recipes, such as baked rice pudding with clotted cream […]