Sodhas

I’m thankful that pasta salad fell out of favour for a brief decade, because now, like a dog who lost its stick,…

Considering the love we English have for strawberries, I am stumped trying to think of more than three puddings…

Sometimes I find myself projecting into dinner what I really want out of life – and this pasta has some really big…

A percentage of my bones are made up of vegetable pulao. It’s a daily part of Gujarati life that I’d overlooked…

Last July, I took a cooking class in Bangkok. I was making the food of my dreams, but it was a long day and I was…

The microwave has always been an integral but under-appreciated part of my kitchen, until recent news about energy…

I ate this cake many years ago when I dated a teacher who was passionate about Greek food. I didn’t fall in love…

Potato curry was the defining dish of my youth and, if I’m honest, I didn’t love it back then (sorry, Mum). But, as…

Congee is one of my favourite “it’s going to be OK” dishes. For me, it has the same grounding power as a cup of tea…

A large part of my ability to put dinner on the table, sometimes at the last minute, relies on the genius of good…