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No, I’m not talking about the mindless gangs of young people smashing and looting English cities.   They do indeed need tackling and given prison sentences instead of a being fined and told off.   I’m in-fact talking about the other end of our social spectrum. The so-called investment bankers; who more than anyone else gambled most of the Western World into debt, which we are still dealing with 3 years on.   No one or institution has been held to account and made to pay for their... Read Full Story

U-Turn Dave If times were not so serious a lot of the current government shenanigans would be laughable. A comedy scriptwriter couldn’t make it up.   Let’s first skip past the pre-election promises they did a U-turns on, because lets face politicians would promise you a night of passion with their mum if it got them elected. David Cameron showed great reluctance for an inquiry into the hacking scandal and also resistance to calls to put the Murdoch purchase of BSkyB on hold.   But... Read Full Story

For those who follow my blog I will be posting more recipes soon, I promise.   In the meantime I wanted to remind everyone that I will be on stage in South Wales this weekend.   I will be performing in Blaenavon, at their World Heritage Day on Satuday June 25th, 2011. The cookery demo area will be inside a marquee so please come down and say hello, as always it will be great to see you. I will be performing three cooking demonstrations throughout the day so be sure to fit me into your... Read Full Story

In my vegetable patch (three raised beds) the rhubarb is having a stellar year. Once your plant gets established even a brown thumb can grow rhubarb.     Most modern varieties of Rhubarb take very little time to cook than they used to. Years ago rhubarb often needed peeling to remove any stringy fibre but you will only need to do this are most woody and largest of stalks. You pull the rhubarb up, a stick at a time never cut it, then trim off the leaves, rinse off and dry on paper towel(do not... Read Full Story

Tastes Celebrity Chef Jean-Christophe Novelli seems to be the hot ticket item, as he continues performing to large crowds around the UK.   Jean-Christophe will next be performing live cooking demonstrations in the grounds of the beautifull Warwick Hall in Carlisle, Cumbria, UK. Saturday 2nd July 2011. Chef Novelli will cook 2-3 dishes on each demo, and the audience will also have a chance to meet him, get his autograph and even get your picture taken with him for those foodie fans that want... Read Full Story

Continued  Shared madness of the Stewardship of European Seas Years ago whilst living and working in Amsterdam I found out that the German drug company Bayer used to pay the Dutch Government money to allow the drug company to dump it's chemical waste into the Dutch part of the North Sea. How any Country that bordered the North Sea could allow this and indeed take money for it was beyond belief.   If that wasn't bad enough the  chemical that was dumped into the North Sea wasn't  encased in... Read Full Story

My little blog has received 11,215,945 page views since it began in February,2006. This blog also has 25,234 followers via Networked blogs inside of facebook. http://apps.facebook.com/blognetworks/blog/wannabetvchef.blog/ Networked blogs is a great place to promote a blog. At last count they have over 700,000 blogs in their network in different categories.  This blog is number one out of 700,000 in the food category and number 25 over all!! I got back early Saturday morning from my... Read Full Story

The peas in my area bolted because of the lack of rain, so this year there were no delicious pea shoots to toss into my salad. All was not lost because it meant the pea crop itself was early. Whatever time of year a salad can make a light and refreshing change to cooked vegetables. You can easily pair it with a lamb chop or a piece of fish. A good salad should have contrasts of flavours and textures to make them interesting and more than just filler. That said most people tend to put too... Read Full Story

Fennel is a wonderful vegetable that is too often neglected outside Italy. It has a mild aniseed flavour and goes particularly well seafood, pork and chicken. I know some of my recipes are weekend affairs due to their complexity, but this one is definitely a midweek 30 minute or less. Ingredients 600g (1lb 8oz) wild mushroom tortellini 1 Large garlic clove finely chopped 500g (1lb 2oz) baby plum tomatoes 75ml (1/3 cup) Red wine 50ml (1/4 cup) cold water 2 Bulbs Fennel 100grams (4oz) Black... Read Full Story

In about 10 days I will be off to visit the island of Pag in Croatia and I am really looking forward to this culinary adventure. This Croatian island is in the northern Adriatic and although it is only the fifth-largest island of the Croatian coast, it has the longest coastline. I'm there to explore and write about the foodie side of Pag and also to write a travelogue. Pag is rich with heritage dating back to prehistoric times, and is famous for its sea salt which was its first industry... Read Full Story