Well, as Fifi mentioned in her last post, Autumn is right upon our doorstep, and with it comes crisp air, the rich, musty scent of Autumn leaves, and warming food that sticks to your ribs. Count me in! Being an American, cold-weather food for me will always have to include casseroles, and this is just one of many that I like to foist upon Fi. This one’s a bit different though; a result of a lot of tinkering with combinations, that owes a...

I thought I’d start with a family favourite, Dad still gets excited if he knows it’s for dinner   It’s the curry I usually cook for friends, and have been since Uni which is probably when I wheedled the recipe out of Mum. I’d say this curry is on par with a madras, both for flavour and heat.  I say ‘on par with’ because I’m pretty sure it’s an anglecised curry rather than an authentic one, and is cheating by using readymade curry paste, but...