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Words of Advice ~ Andrew Turner
The timing for this post of ’5Questions’ couldn’t be better really. Friday was the official first day of ‘Roux at the Landau‘, a restaurant Andrew Turner used to over see as Executive chef at The...
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Recipe ~ Spiced Pineapple chutney
As we posted earlier in the month on egullet.org forum, we were doing a Christmas hamper filled with lots of handmade goodies. But we wanted to do something slightly different, with recipes that have...
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Seasonal Produce ~ January
Sorry for the delay in posting this month’s produce list, it has been a busy period as you can imagine. We’d like to take this opportunity to say that we hope you all had a great Christmas & hope...
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Recipe ~ Pickled Red Cabbage
Traditionally winter was the time of year for making the best of the produce around & available at the time. Traditionally in the Uk it is eaten with Lancashire Hotpot, & starred chefs such a...
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Rhubarb, Rhubarb, Rhubarb….
Following on from the success of the British Onion post last month, we’ve decided to continue the format of giving you a selection of recipes from professional kitchens featuring one particular piece...
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Seasonal Produce ~ April
Looking like spring is finally here, & the seasonal produce list is filling out nicely. With the added interest in foraging & wild foods, the decision has been taken now to add a wild food...
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Ocean Voyage, Mark Jordan, a Book Review
After assisting me in getting Michelin starred Mark Jordan to take part in the 5Questions, his PR agent Victoria has stayed in touch. Trying to get a copy of Mr Jordan’s book for review would be a no...
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The Pâté of Childhood, Peanut Butter
Peanut butter is one of the foods that most people have grown up with, crunchy or smooth, it didn’t really matter. But as you grow older it somehow seems to get left behind, like the tatty security...
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“How can a nation be great if its bread tastes like Kleenex?” Julia Child
The former 3* Michelin star chef Pierre Koffmann allegedly once said Serve good bread and all will be well, such is the importance he places on it. The bread at La Tante Claire had near legendary...
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British Food Fortnight: Wild Blackberry Trifles
For those of you that follow the blog on Twitter, you will realise that British food fortnight crept up on me without even a boo or how’s your father. Why we need a fortnight to celebrate & promote...
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Recipes ~ Wild Dill & Fennel Pollens
Over the past few months a gentleman by the name of David Mason has been slowly tweeting his way into my timeline. First it was chefs that I’m following replying to him, then it was him tweeting about...
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Marmite: You either love it, or you hate it, or you think it’s okay, but...
The 7th World’s Original Marmalade Awards & Festival was held over the 25th & 26th of February in Cumbria, so I’m sorry if I’m a little in posting these recipes . A favourite of Paddington...
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Simply Elderflower
As we skip past the mid summer solstice, the hedgerows in Devon seem to be teeming with wild produce, chief amongst which are the fragrant and versatile elderflowers. As foraging is currently ‘en...
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“Eighty percent of success is goats.” ~ Woody Allen
On a trip to the recent Abergavenny food festival I was introduced to the guys from Chestnut Meats. As it was getting towards the end of the last day, they were trying their best to sell what little...
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2012: A year in review
Ok so this post is a bit late, but work & other commitments have restricted my time on the blog through December. 2012 has been a real turning point for chefhermes.com. As any business would, I set...
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Happy Yorkshire pudding day.
The folklore goes that you can’t make proper Yorkshire puddings unless you come from the white rose county itself. Lots of people would disagree with it, yet I’ve met many that just can’t make them. I...
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Recipes for Bramley apple week
Normally I wouldn’t do two consecutive posts both being recipes as I like to give you, the reader a more varied diet on here. But as this week is National Bramley apple week I thought I’d try to push...
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“He who goes to bed hungry dreams of pancakes.” ~ Proverb
Today is Pancake day, or Shrove Tuesday to give it the proper title from the Christian calendar. It is the eve of Lent, where traditionally Christians abstain from a particular vice. Although over...
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Easter recipes
After the discussion this week on Facebook, I’ve decided to do a recipe post of Easter recipes. As I was compiling my short list of dishes to share, it became apparent that the common denominator is...
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The most important meal of the day. ~ Breakfast, the recipes.
Recently I was working with a client, whose PR company had given away a Dinner, Bed & Breakfast package to a blogger. Naturally I looked this blogger up, and at the time she was a handful of places...
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