I often buy lamb from The Wensleydale Butcher, who source animals from across the Dales. £75-ish, depending on the time of the year, will buy half a lamb butchered and vacuum-sealed into plenty ...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2021/04/grilled-moroccan-lambs-liver-kebabs/
Right about now is the best time to start thinking about getting some things together for Christmas, and this chutney is one of those things you’ll be quietly smug that you made way back in Nov...
It’s a strange time to be a baker. Our isolation encourages a regression to more basic needs, more elemental things. We remember, slowly remember, some of the things we used to do, the way thin...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2020/04/baking-bread-in-lockdown/
Some new ground for two of Leeds’ existing and best-known independents, Sarto is a restaurant collaboration between the people behind The Brunswick on North Street, up past The Reliance, and th...
New York, New York. The king of cities. Bustling, frenetic, funny, edgy, and with literally thousands of places to eat. Here’s a quick round up of the places we ate on a recent short break in t...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2019/09/where-to-eat-in-williamsburg-brooklyn-new-york/
These little custard tarts present something of a problem. They’re best cooked very quickly, at very high temperatures, so that the top and the edges scorch in an attractive way. That means tha...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2019/08/pasteis-de-nata-or-portuguese-custard-tarts/
A couple of weeks ago, I bought a book, a massive seven hundred and sixty-seven page hulk of a book about Nordic food, perhaps unimaginatively entitled The Nordic Cookbook. My short review is tha...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2019/04/scandinavian-cinnamon-and-cardamom-buns/
Chicken livers are extremely good for you. They’re a rich source of protein, packed with iron and vitamins. They’re good for your brain, good for your fertility if you’re a woman, and great...
I’ve been making bread for a long time, mainly using a simple recipe that I know by heart. It’s very straightforward – a kilo of flour, 600ml of water, 20g of salt and 10g of yeast. It make...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2019/02/all-the-water-all-the-yeast-half-the-flour/
A couple of years ago, I bought a pizza oven, a proper one, one that took four people to lift into place. I burn kiln-dried logs in it, and it hits almost 500c. It cooks a pizza in about two minu...
https://www.them-apples.co.uk/2018/12/etxebarri-by-juan-pablo-cardenal-jon-sarabia/