This is my last blog before Christmas so I would thought I'd share a family recipe for cranberry sauce which is an essential part of a poultry centred Christmas luncheon and also goes so well with the Boxing Day cold cuts. My Mum always made her cranberry sauce with port and orange. It was rich, sticky and looked just like Christmas, all shiny and ...

This is a recipe from my book 'The Italian Cookery Course' which I use time and time again. With the Christmas drinks party season about to fall upon us these are really easy to make and make a great pre-dinner nibble with a Christmas cocktail or two.

Photo by Helen Cathcart   Our recently published book 'Rome - Centuries in an Italian Kitchen' has been flying off the shelves and this is one of my favourite winter recipes from the book. We forget sometimes that the Roman empire extend...

We've been holding some very special Roman themed dinners at Caldesi in Campagna and Caffe Caldesi to coincide with the launch of our latest book 'Rome - Centuries in an Italian Kitchen'. Our menu for the evenings was designed to showcase some of the ...