ONE of the (many) reasons why we love Philippa Davis – apart from the blazingly obvious that she is a brilliant and inspirational chef – is her ability to make excruciating food puns out of her various travels and commissions. She is now in the USA for several weeks, working in Boston, where her visit…
by Simone Sekers MY father lost his sense of smell as he got older, and it ruined the considerable pleasure he’d had all his life in eating and drinking wine (spirits were a different matter, he said). I live in dread of inheriting this disability – for me it would be as bad as going…
TRAVELLING chef Philippa Davis continues her account of her weeks by a salmon river in the Highlands of Scotland. This week she discovers that fishing is fun and shares a recipe for horseradish sauce, the perfect complement to fresh wild Scottish salmon, as it is to perfect roast beef … There were members of my…
THERE is a new look to The Tickled Pig in Wimborne. After three years establishing the Michelin-recommended restaurant in East Street as a destination for outstanding locally-sourced and seasonal cuisine, The Tickled Pig has been reinvented as a new breed of delicatessen-come-café and kitchen, selling and serving its own home-grown and home-reared produce. In its…
TRAVELLING chef Philippa Davis has been off to Scotland again, this time to the Highlands to cook for a salmon fishing week on the River Findhorn – lots of big breakfasts, afternoon teas, help yourself suppers and best of all barbecues by the river … “OH, it’s easy to find, you can’t miss it !”…
JAMIE Montgomery is a big wheel in the artisan cheese world. His Montgomery Cheddar, made on the farm in North Cadbury, just to the north of Yeovil, is the byword for unpasteurised traditional West Country Cheddar, and now the “go to” variety for French epicures who are latterly discovering that the rosbifs can and do…
WHAT’s your take on quinoa? Is it the best thing ever or a rather boring grain-type food that is only as good as the things it is prepared and served with. Superfood or over-hyped fad? Private chef Philippa Davis has just spent some time in London teaching a client to cook. And here she shares…
by Simone Sekers WE’ve just had a swift shot of French life – 24 hours in Cherbourg via the fast ferry from Poole – which reminded me of just how traditional France still is. We stayed in the charming Hotel Régence overlooking the old port, way up under the roof, no lift to help our…
WHEN you try to arrange a party a year ahead, a party which depends on good weather too, you are running a huge risk. It’s madness, really, and most of us, as we get older, play safe by celebrating big birthdays by going on cruises, or holidays-of-a-lifetime. I am never certain about either; supposing I…
SOMETIMES we envy Philippa Davis for her varied life as a travelling chef – and sometimes we are just in awe of the skillful way she deals with every unlikely request, demanding client or latest fashion and food trend … I have had a very exciting (manic) week cooking for a fashion shoot involving one…